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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bellerbys

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Bellerby at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Bellerbys 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

    1665 Arbutus Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Adelord Bellerby, proprietor of Bellerby's Typewriter Service 1940
  2. 2

    675 East 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs O Bellerby, widow of F R 1940

    Next door in 1940: L J Parent at 667. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3980 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A J Bellerby, a mechanic at the Vivian Engineering Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Smith at 3974 and Z D Stanley at 3984. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a mechanic and a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Adelord Bellerby at 1665 Arbutus Street, proprietor of Bellerby's Typewriter Service. Mrs O Bellerby is listed at 675 East 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Odelia Bellerby there as the householder, widow of F R.

A J Bellerby is listed at 3980 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Arthur J Bellerby there as the householder, a mechanic at the Vivian Engineering Works.

Today

1665 Arbutus (1985) and 3980 West 10th (1978) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 675 East 15th, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Bellerbys

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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.