A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Bellises
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Bellis 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 Bellises lived
- 1
6157 Larch Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- F H Bellis, an assistant agent 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs B Gooch at 6145. The block, door by door
- 2
1905 West 13th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- W J Bellis, a wrapper at McGavin 1940
Next door in 1940: B Mertens at 1915. The block, door by door
- 3
1241 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- William J Bellis, a salesman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
Next door in 1940: Walmsley Motors at 1233 and Mrs M A Ferguson at 1259. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: an assistant agent, a salesman and a wrapper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Kerrisdale and Kitsilano. 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 F H Bellis at 6157 Larch Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick H Bellis there as the householder, an assistant agent. In 1940 the directory lists W J Bellis at 1905 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William J Bellis there as the householder, a wrapper at McGavin.
The 1940 name section lists William J Bellis at 1241 West Georgia Street, a salesman at the Hudson's Bay Company.
Today
1905 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 6157 Larch (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1241 West Georgia, 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.
- Bellis F H6157 Larch, p. 102
- Bellis Fredk H asst agt CP Com6157 Larch, p. 41
- Bellis W J1905 West 13th, p. 212
- Bellis Wm J wrapper McGavin1905 West 13th, p. 41
- Bellis Wm J slsmn HBC1241 West Georgia, p. 41
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Bellises
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Bellis 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.