Vancouver / Names / S / Schell

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Schells

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Schell 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.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Schells 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

    690 Bute Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Schell (no first name printed), a baker 1940

    Next door in 1940: W McC Moore at 644. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1809 East Pender Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J Schell, a baker at Brown Bros Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Mills at 1803 and M Saba at 1815. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5207 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • T W Schell 1940
    • Mrs E K Schell, a grocer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Duckering's Meat Mkt at 5223. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2001 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • John Schell, a baker 1940

    Next door in 1940: J T North at 2017. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2055 West 16th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M E Schell, widow of J E 1940
    • Kathleen M Schell, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: P H Allman at 2047 and Miss I R Russell at 2065. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a baker (3), an employee and a grocer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 Schell (no first name printed) at 690 Bute Street, a baker. J Schell is listed at 1809 East Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Jacob Schell there as the householder, a baker at Brown Bros Bakeries.

Mrs E K Schell, a grocer, is listed at 5207 Victoria Drive 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). In 1940 the listing there is T W Schell; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas W Schell there as the householder, with Mrs Eva K Schell, a grocer. The 1940 name section lists John Schell at 2001 West 15th Avenue, a baker.

Mrs M E Schell is listed at 2055 West 16th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Marie E Schell there as the householder, widow of J E, with Kathleen M Schell, who worked for the BC Telephone.

Today

2001 West 15th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 690 Bute, 1809 East Pender, 5207 Victoria Drive and 2055 West 16th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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 Schells

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Schell 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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

Another name, or a house

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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.