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A family name on West 2nd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Mitchells

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Mitchell at three addresses in 1940, all on West 2nd 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2006 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A P Mitchell, a carpenter at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Jean McL Mitchell, an apprentice at Nicholson Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Cooper at 2012. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2300 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E S Mitchell 1940
    • Gladys M Mitchell, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: C E Frost at 2320. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3681 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F G Mitchell, a branch manager at Safeway Stores 1940

    Next door in 1940: J D McL Henderson at 3663. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an apprentice, a branch manager, a carpenter and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (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

In 1940 the directory lists A P Mitchell at 2006 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Andrew P Mitchell there as the householder, a carpenter at the BC Electric Railway, with Jean McL Mitchell, an apprentice at Nicholson Ltd. In 1940 the directory lists E S Mitchell at 2300 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Edward S Mitchell there as the householder, with Gladys M Mitchell, a saleswoman at Woodward's.

In 1940 the directory lists F G Mitchell at 3681 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists F Glen Mitchell there as the householder, a branch manager at Safeway Stores.

Today

2006 West 2nd (1989) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2300 West 2nd and 3681 West 2nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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Every directory, as one book

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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.