A family name on Blenheim Street, Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano and Kerrisdale
The Campbells
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Campbell at four addresses in 1940, all on Blenheim 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
- 2
3880 Blenheim Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- K A Campbell, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: H C Fry at 3868. The block, door by door
- 3
4691 Blenheim Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- A M Campbell, a joint manager at Sawdust Supply Campbells Ltd 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E P Whitmore at 4679. The block, door by door
- 4
5910 Blenheim Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Annie Campbell, widow of J 1940
Next door in 1940: W A Bickell at 5930. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk, a joint manager and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), Kerrisdale and Kitsilano. 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 A G Campbell at 1760 Blenheim Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists A Gordon Campbell there as the householder, a clerk at Brade Storage. In 1940 the directory lists K A Campbell at 3880 Blenheim Street. The 1940 name section lists Ken A Campbell there as the householder, a salesman.
In 1940 the directory lists A M Campbell at 4691 Blenheim 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 Archibald M Campbell there as the householder, a joint manager at Sawdust Supply Campbells Ltd. The 1940 name section lists Annie Campbell at 5910 Blenheim Street, widow of J.
Today
1760 Blenheim, 4691 Blenheim and 5910 Blenheim still have their buildings from before 1946; 3880 Blenheim (1971) has a newer building, 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.
- Campbell A G1760 Blenheim, p. 13
- Campbell A Gordon clk Brade Stge1760 Blenheim, p. 88
- Campbell K A3880 Blenheim, p. 13
- Campbell Ken A slsmn3880 Blenheim, p. 90
- *Campbell A M4691 Blenheim, p. 13
- Campbell Arch M joint mgr Sawdust Supply Campbells Ltd4691 Blenheim, p. 89
- Campbell Annie wid J5910 Blenheim, p. 89
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Campbells
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Campbell 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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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.