A family name on Ash Street, South Cambie, Fairview and Marpole
The Bells
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Bell at three addresses in 1940, all on Ash Street. 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 Bell name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Bells lived
- 1
2601 Ash Street
Fairview, 1940
- Ellen Bell, widow of F 1940
Next door in 1940: P Andruss at 2615. The block, door by door
- 2
2615 Ash Street
Fairview, 1940
- May Bell, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs R McAllister at 2601. The block, door by door
- 3
3308 Ash Street
South Cambie, 1940
- H G Bell, an engineer at Garvin Ice & Fuel 1940
- Gordon M Bell, a student at UBC 1940
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an engineer and a nurse. Two of them worked for Vancouver General Hospital. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (2) and South Cambie. 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 Ellen Bell at 2601 Ash Street, widow of F. The 1940 name section lists May Bell at 2615 Ash Street, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists H G Bell at 3308 Ash Street. The 1940 name section lists Harry G Bell there as the householder, an engineer at Garvin Ice & Fuel, with Gordon M Bell, a student at UBC.
Today
3308 Ash still has its building from before 1946, dated 1902 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2615 Ash (1989) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2601 Ash, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
The book of the Bells
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Bell 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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.