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A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Bells

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at nine addresses

The directories print 13 people named Bell at nine addresses in 1940, all on West 13th 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 123 West 13th 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

    123 West 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W J Bell, a salesman 1940
    • Clayton W Bell, a steward 1940
    • Doug T Bell, an accountant for P C Gibbens 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Silver at 119 and W G Taylor at 127. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    246 West 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J E Bell, an insurance agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Walker at 234 and Miss M Morton at 292. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    935 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Jessie Bell 1940
    • Royal M Bell 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Unicume at 925 and J D Peters at 945. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1305 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Vera G W Bell, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Betterton at 1315. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1386 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Gordon W Bell, an accountant at Sidney Roofing 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A F Clarke at 1376. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2036 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Bell (no first name printed) 1940
    • John Bell, a bookkeeper 1940

    Next door in 1940: L S Klinck at 2026 and E H Archibald at 2046. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3493 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W S Bell, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: M MacLean at 3485. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    4367 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J Bell, a rivetter 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C A Eyre at 4363 and Mrs H Clarke at 4371. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    4463 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Roy G Bell, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C Frisby at 4467. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for nine of the 13: an accountant (2), a bookkeeper, an insurance agent, a rivetter, a salesman and a school teacher, among others. Two of them worked for Vancouver City.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Kitsilano (2), Mount Pleasant (2) and West Point Grey (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 W J Bell at 123 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Wilson J Bell there as the householder, a salesman, with Clayton W Bell, a steward, and Doug T Bell, an accountant for P C Gibbens. In 1940 the directory lists J E Bell at 246 West 13th Avenue; 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 John E Bell there as the householder, an insurance agent.

The 1940 name section lists Jessie Bell at 935 West 13th Avenue, with Royal M Bell. The 1940 name section lists Vera G W Bell at 1305 West 13th Avenue, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver. The 1940 name section lists Gordon W Bell at 1386 West 13th Avenue, an accountant at Sidney Roofing. The 1940 name section lists Bell (no first name printed) at 2036 West 13th Avenue, with John Bell, a bookkeeper.

In 1940 the directory lists W S Bell at 3493 West 13th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William S Bell there as the householder, a school teacher. In 1940 the directory lists J Bell at 4367 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists James Bell there as the householder, a rivetter.

The 1940 name section lists Roy G Bell at 4463 West 13th Avenue, a student.

Today

123 West 13th, 246 West 13th, 1386 West 13th, 2036 West 13th and 4463 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2036 West 13th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1305 West 13th (1959), 3493 West 13th (2018) and 4367 West 13th (2013) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 935 West 13th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 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.