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A family name on East 27th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Campbells

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Campbell at two addresses in 1940, all on East 27th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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

    1452 East 27th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J I hauling contr FA-0611 Campbell, a hauling contractor 1940

    Next door in 1940: J (greenhouse) Lobban at 1444 and A Murray at 1460. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2945 East 27th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • D D Campbell, a salesman for R H Stewart 1940

    Next door in 1940: H P Kerr at 2973. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all two: a hauling contractor and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 I hauling contr FA-0611 Campbell at 1452 East 27th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists J Ivan Campbell there as the householder, a hauling contractor. In 1940 the directory lists D D Campbell at 2945 East 27th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Daniel D Campbell there as the householder, a salesman for R H Stewart.

Today

1452 East 27th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record; 2945 East 27th (1973) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

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.