A family name on East 2nd Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Campbells
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Campbell at three addresses in 1940, all on East 2nd Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Campbells at 1805 East 2nd in 1940. 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
Sunrise
- 1
1805 East 2nd Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- A Campbell, retired 1940
- Margaret Campbell 1940
- Murdoch Campbell, a seaman 1940
Next door in 1940: S J Hill at 1809. The block, door by door
- 2
1828 East 2nd Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Colin Campbell, a millworker 1940
Next door in 1940: E Knowles at 1822 and Mrs M Murphy at 1850. The block, door by door
- 3
2940 East 2nd Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- G Campbell, a mechanic 1940
Next door in 1940: C L Hughes at 2936 and B H Walton at 2956. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a mechanic, a millworker and a seaman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Campbell at 1805 East 2nd 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 Angus Campbell there as the householder, retired, with Margaret Campbell, and Murdoch Campbell, a seaman. The 1940 name section lists Colin Campbell at 1828 East 2nd Avenue, a millworker.
G Campbell is listed at 2940 East 2nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George Campbell there as the householder, a mechanic.
Today
2940 East 2nd (1968) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1805 East 2nd and 1828 East 2nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Campbell A1805 East 2nd, p. 175
- Campbell Angus retired1805 East 2nd, p. 89
- Campbell Margt1805 East 2nd, p. 90
- Campbell Murdoch seamn1805 East 2nd, p. 91
- Campbell Colin mlwkr1828 East 2nd, p. 89
- Campbell G2940 East 2nd, p. 175
- Campbell Geo mech2940 East 2nd, p. 90
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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Every directory, as one book
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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.