A family name on Cambridge Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland
The Bells
In the city directories 1940 · six people at two addresses
The directories print six people named Bell at two addresses in 1940, all on Cambridge Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Bells at 2268 Cambridge in 1940. 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
2268 Cambridge Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- B B Bell, a longshoreman 1940
- Basil I Bell, a deckhand at Marpole Towing 1940
- Melville F Bell, a logger 1940
- Stan O Bell 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Brotherton at 2262 and J N Ross at 2296. The block, door by door
- 2
2673 Cambridge Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Stan Bell 1940
- William Bell 1940
Next door in 1940: R P Whyte at 2655 and J H Muir at 2677. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a deckhand, a logger and a longshoreman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 May 1910 Hazel Bell took out the permit to build a frame house at 2268 Cambridge Street. In 1940 the directory lists B B Bell at 2268 Cambridge 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 Basil B Bell there as the householder, a longshoreman, with Basil I Bell, a deckhand at Marpole Towing, Melville F Bell, a logger, and Stan O Bell. The 1940 name section lists Stan Bell at 2673 Cambridge Street, with William Bell.
Today
2268 Cambridge and 2673 Cambridge still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Bell B B2268 Cambridge, p. 25
- Bell Basil B lngshmn2268 Cambridge, p. 40
- Bell Basil I deckhd Marpole Towing2268 Cambridge, p. 40
- Bell Melville F logr2268 Cambridge, p. 41
- Bell Stan O2268 Cambridge, p. 41
- Bell Stan2673 Cambridge, p. 41
- Bell Wm2673 Cambridge, p. 41
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.