A family name on Balaclava Street, Kitsilano, Dunbar-Southlands and Kerrisdale
The Campbells
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Campbell at three addresses in 1940, all on Balaclava Street. 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 204 other streets too, all listed on the Campbell name's own page.
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Where the Campbells lived
- 1
2204 Balaclava Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- C S Campbell, a printer 1940
Next door in 1940: J J Radelet at 2210. The block, door by door
- 2
2532 Balaclava Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- H Campbell, a mechanic 1940
- Doug H Campbell 1940
Next door in 1940: E Bishop at 2538. The block, door by door
- 3
2720 Balaclava Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- J H Campbell, a superintendent at E R Taylor Construction 1940
- Roy J Campbell, a laborer at Road Materials 1940
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a laborer, a mechanic, a printer and a superintendent.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (3). 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 C S Campbell at 2204 Balaclava Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Colin S Campbell there as the householder, a printer. In 1940 the directory lists H Campbell at 2532 Balaclava Street. The 1940 name section lists Howard Campbell there as the householder, a mechanic, with Doug H Campbell.
In 1940 the directory lists J H Campbell at 2720 Balaclava Street; 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 James H Campbell there as the householder, a superintendent at E R Taylor Construction, with Roy J Campbell, a laborer at Road Materials.
Today
2204 Balaclava and 2532 Balaclava still have their buildings from before 1946, 2532 Balaclava on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2720 Balaclava, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Campbell C S2204 Balaclava, p. 7
- Campbell Colin S prntr2204 Balaclava, p. 89
- Campbell H2532 Balaclava, p. 7
- Campbell Doug H2532 Balaclava, p. 89
- Campbell Howard mech2532 Balaclava, p. 90
- *Campbell J H2720 Balaclava, p. 7
- Campbell Jas H supt E R Taylor Constn2720 Balaclava, p. 90
- Campbell Roy J lab Road Materials2720 Balaclava, p. 91
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Campbells
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.