A family name on Kitchener Street, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Camerons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Cameron at two addresses in 1940, all on Kitchener Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
1732 Kitchener Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs M A Cameron, widow of J D 1940
Next door in 1940: mankato apts at 1704 and H Hewitt at 1746. The block, door by door
- 2
2463 Kitchener Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- J S Cameron, a helper at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E Faull at 2453 and H E Holcombe at 2487. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a helper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Mrs M A Cameron at 1732 Kitchener 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 Muriel A Cameron there as the householder, widow of J D. In 1940 the directory lists J S Cameron at 2463 Kitchener Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John S Cameron there as the householder, a helper at the Burrard Dry Dock.
Today
1732 Kitchener (1998) and 2463 Kitchener (1978) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Cameron Mrs M A1732 Kitchener, p. 99
- Cameron Muriel A wid J D1732 Kitchener, p. 88
- *Cameron J S2463 Kitchener, p. 99
- Cameron John S hlpr Burrard Dry Dock2463 Kitchener, p. 88
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.