A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Mitchells
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Mitchell at three addresses in 1940, all on West 14th Avenue, with the close spelling Mitchaell. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. 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
4247 West 14th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- R James Mitchell, a circulation at the Sun 1940
Next door in 1940: T Killin at 4243 and W G Mitchell at 4253. The block, door by door
- 2
4253 West 14th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- W G Mitchell, an assistant circulation manager at the Sun 1940
Next door in 1940: E E Ramsay at 4257. The block, door by door
- 3
4478 West 14th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- W G Mitchell, a bookkeeper 1940
- D Phyllis Mitchell, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: A Heraper at 4474 and Mrs M E McCabe at 4496. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an assistant circulation manager, a bookkeeper and a circulation.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West Point Grey (3). 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists R James Mitchell at 4247 West 14th Avenue, a circulation at the Sun. W G Mitchell is listed at 4253 West 14th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists William G Mitchell there as the householder, an assistant circulation manager at the Sun.
W G Mitchell is listed at 4478 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William G Mitchell there as the householder, a bookkeeper, with D Phyllis Mitchell, a student.
Today
4253 West 14th and 4478 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946; 4247 West 14th (1991) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Mitchell R Jas circ Sun4247 West 14th, p. 434
- *Mitchell W G4253 West 14th, p. 217
- Mitchell Wm G asst circ mgr Sun4253 West 14th, p. 434
- *Mitchell W G4478 West 14th, p. 217
- Mitchell D Phyllis studt4478 West 14th, p. 433
- Mitchell Wm G bkpr4478 West 14th, p. 434
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.