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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The De Bells

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named De Bell at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Debell. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the De Bells 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

    6373 Ross Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • C C Debell, a helper at the Vancouver Engineering Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Hayward at 6385. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    144 West Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W De Bell, a salesman at Regal Clothiers 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Byrd at 136 and J Irwin at 150. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all two: a helper and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant and Sunset. 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 C C Debell at 6373 Ross Street; 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 Clif C Debell there as the householder, a helper at the Vancouver Engineering Works. In 1940 the directory lists W De Bell at 144 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Walter Debell there as the householder, a salesman at Regal Clothiers.

Today

The City no longer lists 6373 Ross and 144 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the De Bells

Every directory, as one book

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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 D. Want a name removed? Tell us.