A family name on Prince Edward Street, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant 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 Prince Edward 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Bells lived
- 1
2453 Prince Edward Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- E Bell, a freight hand at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: Lloyd (no first name printed) at 2451 and Mrs S Lauren at 2455. The block, door by door
- 2
2710 Prince Edward Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Robert Bell, a painter 1940
Next door in 1940: Plymouth Brethren Ch at 2714. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a freight hand and a painter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (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 E Bell at 2453 Prince Edward Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edward Bell there as the householder, a freight hand at the CPR. The 1940 name section lists Robert Bell at 2710 Prince Edward Street, a painter.
Today
The City no longer lists 2453 Prince Edward and 2710 Prince Edward, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Bell E2453 Prince Edward, p. 136
- Bell Edw frt hd CPR2453 Prince Edward, p. 40
- Bell Robt pntr2710 Prince Edward, 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.