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A family name on West 3rd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Camerons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Cameron at five addresses in 1940, all on West 3rd Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Camerons at 2745 West 3rd 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

    1823 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Faith Cameron, a stenographer at Safeway Stores 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Fujiwara at 1817 and C H Lawson at 1827. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2265 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Charles C Cameron, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Havers at 2259 and E G Cox at 2273. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2745 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs R S Cameron, widow of H 1940
    • Margery M Cameron, a bookkeeper at the BC Telephone 1940
    • Stan M L Cameron, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss E M Cowlin at 2749. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2958 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G L Cameron, a serviceman at BC Motor Transportation 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Herbert at 2926 and W Marshall at 2982. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4528 West 3rd Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • M A Cameron, an associate professor at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Manford at 4522 and G R Merrick at 4534. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: an associate professor, a bookkeeper, a clerk, a millworker, a serviceman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (4) 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 Faith Cameron at 1823 West 3rd Avenue, a stenographer at Safeway Stores. The 1940 name section lists Charles C Cameron at 2265 West 3rd Avenue, a millworker at BC Plywoods. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs R S Cameron at 2745 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Rachel S Cameron there as the householder, widow of H, with Margery M Cameron, a bookkeeper at the BC Telephone, and Stan M L Cameron, a clerk.

In 1940 the directory lists G L Cameron at 2958 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Gordon L Cameron there as the householder, a serviceman at BC Motor Transportation. In 1940 the directory lists M A Cameron at 4528 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Maxwell Cameron there as the householder, an associate professor at UBC.

Today

2745 West 3rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2265 West 3rd (1968) and 4528 West 3rd (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1823 West 3rd and 2958 West 3rd, so those buildings are 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.