A family name on West 24th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge
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 West 24th Avenue. 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
3095 West 24th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- R D Bell, an engineer at the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: A F Burch at 3079. The block, door by door
- 2
3958 West 24th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- P Bell, a carpenter 1940
Next door in 1940: E E Pemble at 3938. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a carpenter and an engineer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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 R D Bell at 3095 West 24th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Russell D Bell there as the householder, an engineer at the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists P Bell at 3958 West 24th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Peter Bell there as the householder, a carpenter.
Today
3095 West 24th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3958 West 24th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Bell R D3095 West 24th, p. 239
- Bell Russell D eng BC Tel3095 West 24th, p. 41
- *Bell P3958 West 24th, p. 239
- Bell Peter carp3958 West 24th, 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.