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A family name on Kaslo Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Bells

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Bell at three addresses in 1940, all on Kaslo Street. 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

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

    525 Kaslo Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mabel Bell, a waitress at Exhibition Golf Course 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs R Koyama at 519. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1152 Kaslo Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A J Bell, a warehouseman at National Furniture 1940
    • Janet C Bell, a seamstress at Small & Boyes 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Christie at 1150 and W H Lockwood at 1160. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1232 Kaslo Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • G P Bell, a swamper at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • William D Bell, an improver for T Davies 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Tack at 1206 and N Drake at 1244. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: an improver, a seamstress, a swamper, a waitress and a warehouseman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (3). 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 Mabel Bell at 525 Kaslo Street, a waitress at Exhibition Golf Course. A J Bell is listed at 1152 Kaslo Street 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 Alfred J Bell there as the householder, a warehouseman at National Furniture, with Janet C Bell, a seamstress at Small & Boyes.

G P Bell is listed at 1232 Kaslo Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George P Bell there as the householder, a swamper at the City of Vancouver, with William D Bell, an improver for T Davies.

Today

525 Kaslo still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 1152 Kaslo (1964) and 1232 Kaslo (1981) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Bells

Every directory, as one book

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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.