A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Bells
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Bell at two addresses in 1940, all on West 8th 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
2624 West 8th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- G M Bell, a salesman at Scott-Bathgate 1940
Next door in 1940: R G Fugler at 2618 and W R Hobbs at 2630. The block, door by door
- 2
3732 West 8th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- J Bell, a track foreman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
- Eric Bell, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: E C Lockey at 3720 and W J Miller at 3744. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: an employee, a salesman and a track foreman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 G M Bell at 2624 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George M Bell there as the householder, a salesman at Scott-Bathgate. In 1940 the directory lists J Bell at 3732 West 8th 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 Joseph Bell there as the householder, a track foreman at the BC Electric Railway, with Eric Bell, who worked for the BC Telephone.
Today
2624 West 8th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3732 West 8th, 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 G M2624 West 8th, p. 196
- Bell Geo M slsmn Scott-Bathgate2624 West 8th, p. 40
- *Bell J3732 West 8th, p. 196
- Bell Eric emp BC Tel3732 West 8th, p. 40
- Bell Jos track formn BCER3732 West 8th, 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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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.