A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Mitchells
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Mitchell at two addresses in 1940, all on West Broadway, 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 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
694 West Broadway
Fairview, 1940
- Nellie Mitchell, widow of T 1940
Next door in 1940: Western Mkt at 692 and Midway Pharm at 698. The block, door by door
- 2
3027 West Broadway
Kitsilano, 1940
- Eric J Mitchell, proprietor of Book Arcade 1940
Next door in 1940: N A Kay at 3019 and Mrs J E Renton at 3031. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and Kitsilano. 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 Nellie Mitchell at 694 West Broadway, widow of T. The 1940 name section lists Eric J Mitchell at 3027 West Broadway, proprietor of Book Arcade.
Today
The City no longer lists 694 West Broadway and 3027 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Mitchell Nellie wid T694 West Broadway, p. 434
- Mitchell Eric J prop Book Arcade3027 West Broadway, p. 433
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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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.