A family name on West 19th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Mitchells
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Mitchell at two addresses in 1940, all on West 19th 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 2 West 19th 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
2 West 19th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- T M Mitchell, retired 1940
- Edna Mitchell, a hairdresser 1940
- Wilfred W Mitchell, a stenographer 1940
Next door in 1940: W G Hayter at 8. The block, door by door
- 2
681 West 19th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- G D Mitchell, a window dresser at Spencer's 1940
- Margaret S Mitchell, a bookkeeper for W J McRoberts 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss V Paterson at 679 and A Wharton at 683. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a bookkeeper, a hairdresser, a stenographer and a window dresser.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Riley Park and South Cambie. 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 T M Mitchell at 2 West 19th 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 Thomas M Mitchell there as the householder, retired, with Edna Mitchell, a hairdresser, and Wilfred W Mitchell, a stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists G D Mitchell at 681 West 19th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George D Mitchell there as the householder, a window dresser at Spencer's, with Margaret S Mitchell, a bookkeeper for W J McRoberts.
Today
2 West 19th and 681 West 19th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2 West 19th on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Mitchell T M2 West 19th, p. 228
- Mitchell Edna hairdrsr2 West 19th, p. 433
- Mitchell Thos M retired2 West 19th, p. 434
- Mitchell Wilfd W sten2 West 19th, p. 434
- *Mitchell G D681 West 19th, p. 229
- Mitchell Geo D window drsr Spencer's681 West 19th, p. 434
- Mitchell Margt S bkpr W J McRoberts681 West 19th, 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.