A family name on East 13th Avenue, Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
The Campbells
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Campbell at three addresses in 1940, all on East 13th Avenue. 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
743 East 13th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- D Campbell 1940
Next door in 1940: H B Strand at 737 and R R Marshall at 747. The block, door by door
- 2
1070 East 13th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J Campbell, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940
- Thomas Campbell 1940
Next door in 1940: J Reed at 1064 and H W Miller at 1076. The block, door by door
- 3
1212 East 13th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- A B Campbell, in contractor=excavating 1940
Next door in 1940: F C Lowe at 1208 and G E Carr at 1220. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a fireman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (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 D Campbell at 743 East 13th Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Duncan Campbell there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists J Campbell at 1070 East 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John Campbell there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver, with Thomas Campbell.
In 1940 the directory lists A B Campbell, an excavating contractor, at 1212 East 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Archibald B Campbell there, in contractor=excavating.
Today
1212 East 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 743 East 13th (1992) and 1070 East 13th (1983) have newer buildings, 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 D743 East 13th, p. 210
- Campbell Duncan743 East 13th, p. 89
- Campbell J1070 East 13th, p. 210
- Campbell John firmn Van City1070 East 13th, p. 90
- Campbell Thos1070 East 13th, p. 91
- Campbell A B excavating contr1212 East 13th, p. 210
- Campbell Arch B contr=excavating1212 East 13th, 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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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.