A family name on Barclay Street, West End
The Bells
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Bell at four addresses in 1940, all on Barclay 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.
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Where the Bells lived
- 1
1447 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- John W Bell, a chiropractor 1940
Next door in 1940: Marlyn (The) at 1433 and G W Weeks at 1459. The block, door by door
- 2
1544 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Bell (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss M L Moffitt at 1536 and G Hewitt at 1546. The block, door by door
- 3
1748 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- J H Bell, an audit clerk at the Canadian Government 1940
Next door in 1940: R W Ginn at 1746 and C Holden at 1754. The block, door by door
- 4
1818 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Englis Bell, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: H R Bennett at 1832. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an audit clerk and a chiropractor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (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 John W Bell at 1447 Barclay Street, a chiropractor. The 1940 name section lists Bell (no first name printed) at 1544 Barclay Street. In 1940 the directory lists J H Bell at 1748 Barclay Street; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section lists James H Bell there as the householder, an audit clerk at the Canadian Government.
The 1940 name section lists Englis Bell at 1818 Barclay Street, a student.
Today
1447 Barclay still has its building from before 1946, on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1544 Barclay, 1748 Barclay and 1818 Barclay, so those buildings are 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.
- Bell John W chiro 334, 470 Granville1447 Barclay, p. 41
- Bell Mrs —1544 Barclay, p. 40
- *Bell J H1748 Barclay, p. 9
- Bell Jas H audit clk Can Govt1748 Barclay, p. 40
- Bell Englis studt1818 Barclay, p. 40
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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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.