A family name on East 17th Avenue, Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Bells
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Bell at two addresses in 1940, all on East 17th Avenue. 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
925 East 17th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- J R Bell, a shipper at Western Crown Manufacturing 1940
Next door in 1940: J Haddon at 915 and J A Macaulay at 935. The block, door by door
- 2
1360 East 17th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- J Bell, a musician 1940
Next door in 1940: H McDonald at 1358 and W G Stark at 1362. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a musician and a shipper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (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 J R Bell at 925 East 17th Avenue; 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 James R Bell there as the householder, a shipper at Western Crown Manufacturing. In 1940 the directory lists J Bell at 1360 East 17th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Bell there as the householder, a musician.
Today
925 East 17th and 1360 East 17th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Bell J R925 East 17th, p. 224
- Bell Jas R shpr Western Crown Mfg925 East 17th, p. 40
- *Bell J1360 East 17th, p. 224
- Bell Jas musician1360 East 17th, 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.