A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Mitchells
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Mitchell at two addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue, with the close spelling Mitchaell. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Mitchells at 326 West 11th in 1940. The directories print the name on 137 other streets too, all listed on the Mitchell name's own page.
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Where the Mitchells lived
- 1
326 West 11th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- A H Mitchell, a building contractor 1940
- Eileen A Mitchell, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver 1940
- Florence H Mitchell, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: J A Clarke at 316 and Miss J I Brown at 330. The block, door by door
- 2
1765 West 11th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Margaret Mitchell, a maid for J Russell 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Cattell at 1757 and S W Burridge at 1775. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a building contractor, an employee, a maid and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and Mount Pleasant. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.
The story, address by address
In 1940 the directory lists A H Mitchell, a building contractor, at 326 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Andrew H Mitchell there as the householder, a building contractor, with Eileen A Mitchell, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver, and Florence H Mitchell, who worked for the BC Telephone. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Mitchell at 1765 West 11th Avenue, a maid for J Russell.
Today
The City no longer lists 326 West 11th and 1765 West 11th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Mitchell A H bldg contr326 West 11th, p. 203
- Mitchell Andw H bldg contr326 West 11th, p. 433
- Mitchell Eileen A sten Van City326 West 11th, p. 433
- Mitchell Florence H emp BC Tel326 West 11th, p. 434
- Mitchell Margt maid J Russell1765 West 11th, p. 434
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Mitchells
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Mitchell name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under M. Want a name removed? Tell us.