A family name on West Pender Street, Downtown
The Mitchells
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Mitchell at four addresses in 1940, all on West Pender Street, 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
440 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs Kitty Mitchell, proprietor of the Paris Rooms 1940
Next door in 1940: Paris Cafe at 438 and Sandwich Shoppe Sunbeam at 442. The block, door by door
- 2
1028 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mitchell (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs H Beddome at 1036. The block, door by door
- 3
1074 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Rose I Mitchell, a hairdresser at Woodward's 1940
Next door in 1940: Terminal Sht Mtl Wks at 1090. The block, door by door
- 4
1438 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- James M Mitchell, a packer at Swifts 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs S G Bell at 1432. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a hairdresser, a packer and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (4). 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 Mrs Kitty Mitchell at 440 West Pender Street, proprietor of the Paris Rooms. The 1940 name section lists Mitchell (no first name printed) at 1028 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Rose I Mitchell at 1074 West Pender Street, a hairdresser at Woodward's. The 1940 name section lists James M Mitchell at 1438 West Pender Street, a packer at Swifts.
Today
The City no longer lists 440 West Pender, 1028 West Pender, 1074 West Pender and 1438 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Mitchell Mrs Kitty prop Paris Rooms440 West Pender, p. 434
- Mitchell —1028 West Pender, p. 433
- Mitchell Rose I hairdrsr Woodward's1074 West Pender, p. 434
- Mitchell Jas M pkr Swifts1438 West Pender, 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.