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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bellhouses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Bellhouse at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Bellhouses lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1522 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Charles H Bellhouse, a laborer at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940

    Next door in 1940: W R Campbell at 1516 and E W Graham at 1528. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1669 East 13th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • D Bellhouse, proprietor of the Crescent Garage & Service Station 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Boyd at 1649. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2915 West 28th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E Bellhouse, a clerk at the Post Office 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Dickson at 2905 and E R Tysoe at 2919. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1446 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • C Bellhouse, a salesman 1940
    • Emily Bellhouse 1940

    Next door in 1940: A C Langdale at 1434 and J W Orr at 1456. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a clerk, a laborer, a proprietor and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and West End. 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 Charles H Bellhouse at 1522 Comox Street, a laborer at the Burrard Dry Dock. D Bellhouse is listed at 1669 East 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists David Bellhouse there as the householder, proprietor of the Crescent Garage & Service Station.

E Bellhouse is listed at 2915 West 28th 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 Edward Bellhouse there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office. C Bellhouse is listed at 1446 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles Bellhouse there as the householder, a salesman, with Emily Bellhouse.

Today

1669 East 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1522 Comox, 2915 West 28th and 1446 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Bellhouses

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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.