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A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Mitchells

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Mitchell at four addresses in 1940, all on West 7th 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 most under one roof: three Mitchells at 1804 West 7th 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

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

    587 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • D Mitchell 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Tatebe at 575. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1215 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A H Mitchell, a plumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: H F Osbourn at 1203 and J W Hober at 1223. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1804 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs R Mitchaell 1940
    • Jean Mitchaell, a student 1940
    • Leonard Mitchaell, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A B O'Brien at 1806. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1987 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • John Mitchell, a patrolman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Pegg at 1973 and A W Simpson at 1999. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a patrolman and a plumber.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2) and Kitsilano (2). 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 D Mitchell at 587 West 7th Avenue. A H Mitchell is listed at 1215 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists A Herbert Mitchell there as the householder, a plumber.

Mrs R Mitchaell is listed at 1804 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Rae Mitchaell there as the householder, with Jean Mitchaell, a student, and Leonard Mitchaell, a student. The 1940 name section lists John Mitchell at 1987 West 7th Avenue, a patrolman.

Today

587 West 7th (2007), 1215 West 7th (1984) and 1987 West 7th (1975) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1804 West 7th, so that building is 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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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.