A family name on West 42nd Avenue, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Dunbar-Southlands
The Bells
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Bell at two addresses in 1940, all on West 42nd 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
3027 West 42nd Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- O H Bell, a salesman at Begg Motor 1940
- Margaret A S Bell, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: F N Morris at 3011 and H W McNeill at 3037. The block, door by door
- 2
3586 West 42nd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Bell (no first name printed) 1940
- Bell (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: C G Graham at 3578. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Kerrisdale. 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 O H Bell at 3027 West 42nd 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 Oliver H Bell there as the householder, a salesman at Begg Motor, with Margaret A S Bell, a student. In 1940 the directory lists Bell (no first name printed) at 3586 West 42nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Bell (no first name printed) there as the householder.
Today
3586 West 42nd (1962) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3027 West 42nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Bell O H3027 West 42nd, p. 259
- Bell Margt A S studt3027 West 42nd, p. 41
- Bell Oliver H slsmn Begg Motor3027 West 42nd, p. 41
- Bell Mrs —3586 West 42nd, p. 259
- Bell Mrs —3586 West 42nd, p. 40
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.