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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Camerons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Cameron at four addresses in 1940, all on West 12th Avenue. 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

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

    540 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mary Cameron, widow of M C 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss L G Archibald at 536 and W Carter at 546. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1507 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • E J Cameron, a president and managing director at Cariboo Yankee Belle Mining 1940
    • William F Cameron, a secretary at Cariboo Yankee Belle Mining 1940

    Next door in 1940: Cosy Nook Cafe at 1509. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2536 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A J Cameron, an office manager at Jersey Farms 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E B Taylor at 2526 and P A Roberts at 2546. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4303 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A Cameron, a pilot at the Canadian Government 1940
    • Jean E Cameron, a clerk at Woodworth & Woodworth 1940

    Next door in 1940: B W C Scott at 4307. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a clerk, an office manager, a pilot, a president and managing director and a secretary. Two of them worked for Cariboo Yankee Belle Mining. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 Mary Cameron at 540 West 12th Avenue, widow of M C. E J Cameron is listed at 1507 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ewen J Cameron there as the householder, a president and managing director at Cariboo Yankee Belle Mining, with William F Cameron, a secretary at Cariboo Yankee Belle Mining.

A J Cameron is listed at 2536 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alex J Cameron there as the householder, an office manager at Jersey Farms, with Alex Cameron, retired. A Cameron is listed at 4303 West 12th Avenue 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). The 1940 name section lists Alex Cameron there as the householder, a pilot at the Canadian Government, with Jean E Cameron, a clerk at Woodworth & Woodworth.

Today

1507 West 12th and 2536 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2536 West 12th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4303 West 12th (2013) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 540 West 12th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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 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.