A family name on Blenheim Street, Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano and Kerrisdale
The Bells
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Bell at two addresses in 1940, all on Blenheim Street. 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 Bell name's own page.
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Where the Bells lived
- 1
4040 Blenheim Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- A Bell, a dealer at J R Watkins Co 1940
- W Robert A Bell 1940
Next door in 1940: W C Gutteridge at 4020 and M A Solandt at 4060. The block, door by door
- 2
4937 Blenheim Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J Bell, a salesman at Black Bros Motor Products 1940
Next door in 1940: E E Fielder at 4911 and W E Goodwin at 4961. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a dealer and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2). 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
In 1940 the directory lists A Bell at 4040 Blenheim 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Alex Bell there as the householder, a dealer at J R Watkins Co, with W Robert A Bell. In 1940 the directory lists J Bell at 4937 Blenheim Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Bell there as the householder, a salesman at Black Bros Motor Products.
Today
4040 Blenheim and 4937 Blenheim still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Bell A4040 Blenheim, p. 13
- Bell Alex dlr J R Watkins Co4040 Blenheim, p. 40
- Bell W Robt A4040 Blenheim, p. 41
- *Bell J4937 Blenheim, p. 14
- Bell John slsmn Black Bros Motor Prods4937 Blenheim, p. 40
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.