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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dells

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Dell at five 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 Dells 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

    530 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • E W Dell, a president at the Sanitary Dry Cleaning & Dye Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Robinson at 520 and T J Bowers at 532. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2235 Quebec Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • H B Dell, a janitor at Begg Motor 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Orre at 2233 and J A Fowler at 2237. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1332 Salsbury Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • E W G Dell, a foreman at Hammond's 1940
    • William G R Dell, who worked for Restmore 1940
  4. 4

    4467 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • E B Dell, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: A O MacRae at 4457. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2740 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Florence P Dell, a saleswoman at Sally Shops 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Trevor at 2726 and Mrs E Humphreys at 2742. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: an employee, an engineer, a foreman, a janitor, a president and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Grandview-Woodland, 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 E W Dell at 530 East Broadway; 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 Emerson W Dell there as the householder, a president at the Sanitary Dry Cleaning & Dye Works. In 1940 the directory lists H B Dell at 2235 Quebec Street. The 1940 name section lists Harry B Dell there as the householder, a janitor at Begg Motor.

In 1940 the directory lists E W G Dell at 1332 Salsbury Drive. The 1940 name section lists Ernest W G Dell there as the householder, a foreman at Hammond's, with William G R Dell, who worked for Restmore. In 1940 the directory lists E B Dell at 4467 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edmund B Dell there as the householder, an engineer.

The 1940 name section lists Florence P Dell at 2740 West 4th Avenue, a saleswoman at Sally Shops.

Today

1332 Salsbury Drive and 2740 West 4th still have their buildings from before 1946; 530 East Broadway (1954) and 4467 West 11th (1986) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2235 Quebec, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.