A family name on Comox Street, West End
The Camerons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Cameron at four addresses in 1940, all on Comox Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 111 other streets too, all listed on the Cameron name's own page.
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Where the Camerons lived
- 1
1160 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Alex B Cameron, a meat cutter at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
Next door in 1940: braemar lodge at 1154 and J Cameron at 1164. The block, door by door
- 2
1164 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- J Cameron, rooms to let 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Moore at 1160 and H Campbell at 1170. The block, door by door
- 3
1205 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Isabelle Cameron, a stenographer for G P Hogg 1940
Next door in 1940: R V Winch at 1255. The block, door by door
- 4
1451 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Maisie Cameron 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs F Cocking at 1443. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a meat cutter and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (4). 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 Alex B Cameron at 1160 Comox Street, a meat cutter at the Hudson's Bay Company. J Cameron, rooms to let, is listed at 1164 Comox Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Isabelle Cameron at 1205 Comox Street, a stenographer for G P Hogg. The 1940 name section lists Maisie Cameron at 1451 Comox Street.
Today
1160 Comox and 1164 Comox still have their buildings from before 1946, both on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1205 Comox (1955) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1451 Comox, so that building is 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.
- Cameron Alex B meat ctr HBC1160 Comox, p. 87
- Cameron J rooms1164 Comox, p. 35
- Cameron Isabelle sten G P Hogg1205 Comox, p. 88
- Cameron Maisie1451 Comox, p. 88
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Camerons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Cameron 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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.