A family name on West 47th Avenue, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Dunbar-Southlands
The Camerons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Cameron at one address, 2331 West 47th Avenue in Kerrisdale, in 1940. The directories print the name on 111 other streets too, all listed on the Cameron name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Camerons at home
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2331 West 47th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- I P Cameron, a laborer 1940
- George H Cameron, an electrician at the Lucas Electric 1940
- Gladys S Cameron 1940
Next door in 1940: M Moss at 2319 and H N Beaupre at 2355. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an electrician and a laborer.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Kerrisdale. 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 I P Cameron at 2331 West 47th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ira P Cameron there as the householder, a laborer, with George H Cameron, an electrician at the Lucas Electric, and Gladys S Cameron.
Today
The City no longer lists 2331 West 47th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Cameron I P2331 West 47th, p. 264
- Cameron Geo H electn Lucas Elec2331 West 47th, p. 88
- Cameron Gladys S2331 West 47th, p. 88
- Cameron Ira P lab2331 West 47th, 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.