A family name on West 38th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
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 West 38th Avenue. 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
- 1
2110 West 38th Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- Mary Bell, a nurse 1940
Next door in 1940: C A Ritchings at 2122. The block, door by door
- 2
3212 West 38th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Miss M C Bell 1940
- Mary C Bell, a stenographer at the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: G B Croome at 3218. The block, door by door
- 3
3708 West 38th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Mrs L Bell, widow of J E 1940
- Norman Bell 1940
Next door in 1940: S Lougheed at 3726. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a nurse and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) and Arbutus Ridge. 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 Mary Bell at 2110 West 38th Avenue, a nurse. Miss M C Bell is listed at 3212 West 38th Avenue 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 Mary C Bell there as the householder, a stenographer at the BC Telephone.
Mrs L Bell is listed at 3708 West 38th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Lucy Bell there as the householder, widow of J E, with Norman Bell.
Today
3708 West 38th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2110 West 38th and 3212 West 38th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Bell Mary nurse2110 West 38th, p. 41
- *Bell Miss M C3212 West 38th, p. 255
- Bell Mary C sten BC Tel3212 West 38th, p. 41
- *Bell Mrs L3708 West 38th, p. 255
- Bell Lucy wid J E3708 West 38th, p. 41
- Bell Norman3708 West 38th, p. 41
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.