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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gells

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named Gell at six addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Gells at 545 East 22nd in 1940.

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Where the Gells 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

    1316 East 18th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J Gell, a machinist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E M Copp at 1306 and F Simmonds at 1324. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    545 East 22nd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • C J Gell 1940
    • Gordon W Gell 1940
    • Mona A Gell, a telephone operator at the BC Telephone 1940
    • Norman Gell, a helper at Advance Manufacturing 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F Thornton at 535 and J J Meredith at 555. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5526 Elm Street

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • H C Gell, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: A W DeLand at 5508 and W L Richmond at 5542. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2145 Stephens Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Walter D Gell, a helper at Barr & Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Ling at 2143. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    107 West 21st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • D Gell 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss L J Woolley at 115. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3513 West 37th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • John H Gell, a president at Murray Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Loutit at 3505 and E Daly at 3521. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the nine: a helper (2), a machinist, an on active service, a president and a telephone operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2), Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 J Gell at 1316 East 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Gell there as the householder, a machinist. In 1940 the directory lists C J Gell at 545 East 22nd Avenue; 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 Caesar J Gell there as the householder, with Gordon W Gell, Mona A Gell, a telephone operator at the BC Telephone, and Norman Gell, a helper at Advance Manufacturing.

In 1940 the directory lists H C Gell at 5526 Elm Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harold C Gell there as the householder, on active service. The 1940 name section lists Walter D Gell at 2145 Stephens Street, a helper at Barr & Anderson. D Gell is listed at 107 West 21st Avenue in 1940.

The 1940 name section lists John H Gell at 3513 West 37th Avenue, a president at Murray Co.

Today

545 East 22nd, 2145 Stephens, 107 West 21st and 3513 West 37th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1316 East 18th (1978) and 5526 Elm (1990) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 12 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 G. Want a name removed? Tell us.