A family name on Inverness Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Sunset
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 Inverness 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
4010 Inverness Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- G J Bell, a clerk at Western Crown Manufacturing 1940
Next door in 1940: D I James at 4020. The block, door by door
- 2
4055 Inverness Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- R T E Bell, a shipwright at the Vancouver Shipyards 1940
Next door in 1940: W Howie at 4025 and Mrs J McClure at 4095. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a clerk and a shipwright.
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 G J Bell at 4010 Inverness Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Gaius J Bell there as the householder, a clerk at Western Crown Manufacturing. In 1940 the directory lists R T E Bell at 4055 Inverness 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 lists Ralph T E Bell there as the householder, a shipwright at the Vancouver Shipyards.
Today
4010 Inverness and 4055 Inverness 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 G J4010 Inverness, p. 90
- Bell Gaius J clk Western Crown Mfg4010 Inverness, p. 40
- *Bell R T E4055 Inverness, p. 90
- Bell Ralph T E shpwrt Van Shipyds4055 Inverness, 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.