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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Camerons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses

The directories print five people named Cameron at two addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue. 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: three Camerons at 4348 West 11th 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

    3938 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • H W Cameron, an assistant secretary at the Vancouver Merchants Exchange 1940
    • John H Cameron, a clerk at McLellan & McCarter 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Fraser at 3930 and A Shaw at 3946. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4348 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • M C Cameron, a secretary & purchasing agent at Northern Construction & J W Stewart Co 1940
    • Helen M Cameron 1940
    • Malcolm H Cameron, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: G M Wooding at 4344 and W Moffat at 4358. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: an assistant secretary, a clerk and a secretary.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (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 H W Cameron at 3938 West 11th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Herbert W Cameron there as the householder, an assistant secretary at the Vancouver Merchants Exchange, with John H Cameron, a clerk at McLellan & McCarter. In 1940 the directory lists M C Cameron at 4348 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Malcolm C Cameron there as the householder, a secretary & purchasing agent at Northern Construction & J W Stewart Co, with Helen M Cameron, and Malcolm H Cameron, a student.

Today

3938 West 11th (2013) and 4348 West 11th (2010) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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

The book of the Camerons

Every directory, as one book

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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.