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A family name on East 21st Avenue, Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Campbells

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Campbell at six addresses in 1940, all on East 21st 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    284 East 21st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • D Campbell 1940
    • Ken Campbell 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Nielsen at 274 and L Zack at 296. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    471 East 21st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • K V Campbell, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H West at 465 and Mrs M Schultz at 475. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    766 East 21st Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A Campbell, a salesman 1940
    • John B Campbell, a salesman at Broughton Grocery 1940

    Next door in 1940: H J Cartmell at 752 and F J Haslett at 770. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    948 East 21st Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs B Campbell, widow of C 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Warren at 942 and Mrs A A Kirkham at 962. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1090 East 21st Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • M M Campbell, a purchasing agent at the Comox Logging & Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Strain at 1080. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1126 East 21st Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • T Campbell, a fire captain at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: W L Weir at 1120 and E C Olson at 1138. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a salesman (2), a conductor, a fire captain and a purchasing agent. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (4) and Riley Park (2). 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 284 East 21st 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 Don Campbell there as the householder, with Ken Campbell. In 1940 the directory lists K V Campbell at 471 East 21st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ken V Campbell there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway.

In 1940 the directory lists A Campbell at 766 East 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Alfred Campbell there as the householder, a salesman, with John B Campbell, a salesman at Broughton Grocery. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs B Campbell at 948 East 21st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Bessie Campbell there as the householder, widow of C.

In 1940 the directory lists M M Campbell at 1090 East 21st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Milton M Campbell there as the householder, a purchasing agent at the Comox Logging & Railway. In 1940 the directory lists T Campbell at 1126 East 21st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Torquil Campbell there as the householder, a fire captain at the City of Vancouver.

Today

471 East 21st, 766 East 21st, 948 East 21st and 1126 East 21st still have their buildings from before 1946; 284 East 21st (1967) and 1090 East 21st (1995) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 14 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.