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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bells

In the city directories 1940 · 235 addresses on 138 streets

The directories print the Bell name at 235 addresses on 138 streets in 1940, in 20 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Bells lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Downtown22 addresses
  2. Grandview-Woodland21 addresses
  3. Kitsilano21 addresses
  4. Fairview18 addresses
  5. Kensington-Cedar Cottage17 addresses
  6. West End17 addresses
  7. West Point Grey16 addresses
  8. Riley Park15 addresses
  9. Hastings-Sunrise14 addresses
  10. Mount Pleasant14 addresses
  11. Dunbar-Southlands13 addresses
  12. Kerrisdale8 addresses
  13. Shaughnessy7 addresses
  14. Strathcona7 addresses
  15. Sunset6 addresses
  16. Renfrew-Collingwood5 addresses
  17. Victoria-Fraserview5 addresses
  18. Marpole4 addresses
  19. Arbutus Ridge3 addresses
  20. South Cambie2 addresses

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    West 13th AvenueNine addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; 13 people: J Bell, J E Bell and W J Bell, and ten more
    1940
  2. 2
    Main StreetSix addresses in Mount Pleasant and Riley Park; seven people: Mrs E Bell, S Bell and Donovan L C Bell, and four more
    1940
  3. 3
    West 10th AvenueSix addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; 14 people: D M Bell, Mrs D D Bell and T Bell, and eleven more
    1940
  4. 4
    West 2nd AvenueSix addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; eight people: D E Bell, Dr C H C Bell and Dr F C Bell, and five more
    1940
  5. 5
    East 18th AvenueFive addresses in Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood; seven people: A A Bell, E Bell and G E Bell, and four more
    1940
  6. 6
    West 14th AvenueFive addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; seven people: A J Bell, Mrs J M Bell and Mrs P H Bell, and four more
    1940
  7. 7
    Barclay StreetFour addresses in West End; four people: J H Bell, Bell (no first name printed) and Englis Bell, and one more
    1940
  8. 8
    Granville StreetFour addresses in Downtown and Fairview; four people: H C Bell, J Bell and Bell (no first name printed), and one more
    1940
  9. 9
    West 7th AvenueFour addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; six people: F Bell, H O Bell and Mrs J Bell, and three more
    1940
  10. 10
    Ash StreetThree addresses in Fairview and South Cambie; four people: H G Bell, Ellen Bell and Gordon M Bell, and one more
    1940
  11. 11
    East 7th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; three people: D M Bell, Mrs V S Bell and Ralph Bell
    1940
  12. 12
    Homer StreetThree addresses in Downtown; three people: Edgar Bell, Kate Bell and Malcolm Bell
    1940

126 more streets, by name: Adanac Street (2), Adera Street (1), Alberta Street (1), Alexander Street (1), Angus Drive (1), Argyle Street (1), Balsam Street (2), Beatrice Street (1), Bidwell Street (1), Blenheim Street (2), Cambridge Street (2), Carnarvon Street (1), Cartier Street (1), Cecil Street (1), Chester Street (1), Chilco Street (1), Commercial Street (1), Comox Street (1), Cornwall Avenue (1), Cypress Street (1), Davie Street (1), Denman Street (1), Dumfries Street (1), Dunsmuir Street (1), East 10th Avenue (1), East 11th Avenue (2), East 13th Avenue (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 16th Avenue (1), East 17th Avenue (2), East 1st Avenue (2), East 21st Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (2), East 2nd Avenue (2), East 35th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (2), East 43rd Avenue (2), East 44th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 50th Avenue (1), East 52nd Avenue (1), East 58th Avenue (1), East 64th Avenue (1), East 65th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (2), East Cordova Street (2), East Georgia Street (2), East Hastings Street (2), East King Edward Avenue (1), East Pender Street (2), Elgin Street (1), Frances Street (1), Franklin Street (1), French Street (1), Galt Street (1), Garden Drive (1), Gilford Street (1), Grant Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Hamilton Street (1), Harriet Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Howe Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Inverness Street (2), Jericho Circle (1), Kaslo Street (3), Laburnum Street (1), Macdonald Street (1), Matthews Avenue (1), McLean Drive (1), Montcalm Street (1), Nanton Avenue (1), Nelson Street (3), North Nanaimo Street (1), Osler Street (1), Parker Street (1), Pendrell Street (2), Powell Street (2), Prince Edward Street (2), Prior Street (1), Quebec Street (1), Renfrew Street (1), Richards Street (1), Robson Street (2), Rupert Street (1), Slocan Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Triumph Street (1), Victoria Drive (2), West 11th Avenue (2), West 12th Avenue (3), West 15th Avenue (1), West 17th Avenue (3), West 18th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (2), West 21st Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (2), West 24th Avenue (2), West 26th Avenue (1), West 27th Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (3), West 3rd Avenue (2), West 41st Avenue (2), West 42nd Avenue (2), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (2), West 5th Avenue (3), West 6th Avenue (3), West 8th Avenue (2), West Broadway (2), West Cordova Street (1), West Georgia Street (2), West Hastings Street (3), West Pender Street (3), William Street (1), Windsor Street (1), Woodland Drive (1), Yew Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 235 addresses, 86 still have their buildings from before 1946, 48 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 101; each street's page names them.

The book of the Bells

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under B. Want a name removed? Tell us.