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A family name on East 18th Avenue, Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Bells

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Bell at five addresses in 1940, all on East 18th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Bells at 2737 East 18th 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    156 East 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • A A Bell, a baker at Mother Hubbard Bakery 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M J Shediac at 146. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    240 East 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Jennie Bell 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Hansom at 236 and B Bowden at 246. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    444 East 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • G E Bell, a decorator 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Rose at 428 and Mrs M Woodward at 450. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    523 East 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • John Bell, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Callegari at 501 and A L Warbis at 525. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2737 East 18th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • E Bell, who worked for the CN Institute 1940
    • Hazel M Bell, a waitress at Spencer's 1940
    • Ida A Bell, a dressmaker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Westacott at 2723 and W L Routley at 2747. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a baker, a decorator, a dressmaker, an employee and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (4) and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 A Bell at 156 East 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ashton A Bell there as the householder, a baker at Mother Hubbard Bakery. The 1940 name section lists Jennie Bell at 240 East 18th Avenue.

G E Bell is listed at 444 East 18th Avenue in 1940; 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 George E Bell there as the householder, a decorator. The 1940 name section lists John Bell at 523 East 18th Avenue, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists E Bell at 2737 East 18th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernest Bell there as the householder, who worked for the CN Institute, with Hazel M Bell, a waitress at Spencer's, and Ida A Bell, a dressmaker.

Today

156 East 18th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1914 by the City's record; 523 East 18th (1980) and 2737 East 18th (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 240 East 18th and 444 East 18th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.