A family name on East 7th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Bells
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Bell at three addresses in 1940, all on East 7th Avenue. 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
Pleasant
- 1
116 East 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Ralph Bell, a postman 1940
Next door in 1940: J Ginnetti at 108 and W Thomson at 134. The block, door by door
- 2
2220 East 7th Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- D M Bell, a baker 1940
Next door in 1940: C G Hetherington at 2212 and M T De Lair at 2226. The block, door by door
- 3
3387 East 7th Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Mrs V S Bell, widow of H 1940
Next door in 1940: J McDonald at 3375. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a baker and a postman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise and Mount Pleasant. 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 Ralph Bell at 116 East 7th Avenue, a postman. D M Bell is listed at 2220 East 7th 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 David M Bell there as the householder, a baker.
Mrs V S Bell is listed at 3387 East 7th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Violet S Bell there as the householder, widow of H.
Today
2220 East 7th (2005) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 116 East 7th and 3387 East 7th, 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 Ralph postmn116 East 7th, p. 41
- *Bell D M2220 East 7th, p. 190
- Bell David M baker2220 East 7th, p. 40
- *Bell Mrs V S3387 East 7th, p. 191
- Bell Violet S wid H clnr Georgian Club3387 East 7th, p. 41
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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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.