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A family name on Vernon Drive, Strathcona

The Camerons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at two addresses

The directories print six people named Cameron at two addresses in 1940, all on Vernon Drive. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Camerons at 256 Vernon Drive in 1940. 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

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

    256 Vernon Drive

    Strathcona, 1940

    • J Cameron, a clerk at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Allan Cameron, a laborer 1940
    • Cath Cameron, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940
    • Margaret E Cameron, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Jacobson at 250 and R Ratcliffe at 262. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    319 Vernon Drive

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Miss M E Cameron 1940
    • Marguerite E Cameron, a waitress at Fraser Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: Kingdom Hall at 315 and W G Steers at 321. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a saleswoman (2), a clerk, a laborer and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2). 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 Cameron at 256 Vernon Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Cameron there as the householder, a clerk at the City of Vancouver, with Allan Cameron, a laborer, Cath Cameron, a saleswoman at Woodward's, and Margaret E Cameron, a saleswoman. In 1940 the directory lists Miss M E Cameron at 319 Vernon Drive. The 1940 name section lists Marguerite E Cameron there as the householder, a waitress at Fraser Cafe.

Today

The City no longer lists 256 Vernon Drive and 319 Vernon Drive, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.