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A family name on Dumfries Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview

The Campbells

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Campbell at four addresses in 1940, all on Dumfries 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    3341 Dumfries Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J M Campbell, a fitter 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J H Sturkey at 3321. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4373 Dumfries Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • N Campbell, proprietor of Monarch Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Heslewood at 4363. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4824 Dumfries Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J J Campbell, a glass bender at Neon Products 1940
    • William Campbell, a baggage master at Canadian Pacific Steamships 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Nystedt at 4818 and A W Davidson at 4890. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5839 Dumfries Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • M Campbell, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Pearson at 5827. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a baggage master, a fitter, a glass bender, a laborer and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (3) and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 J M Campbell at 3341 Dumfries Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jack M Campbell there as the householder, a fitter. In 1940 the directory lists N Campbell at 4373 Dumfries 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 Norman Campbell there as the householder, proprietor of Monarch Laundry.

In 1940 the directory lists J J Campbell at 4824 Dumfries Street. The 1940 name section lists John J Campbell there as the householder, a glass bender at Neon Products, with William Campbell, a baggage master at Canadian Pacific Steamships. In 1940 the directory lists M Campbell at 5839 Dumfries Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Malcolm Campbell there as the householder, a laborer.

Today

3341 Dumfries and 4824 Dumfries still have their buildings from before 1946; 5839 Dumfries (2007) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4373 Dumfries, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.