A family name on East Georgia Street, Strathcona, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Campbells
In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses
The directories print six people named Campbell at four addresses in 1940, all on East Georgia 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
- 1
1346 East Georgia Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs Elizabeth Campbell, a chocolate dipper at McDonald's Fine Chocolates 1940
Next door in 1940: S Toyama at 1342 and J Carr at 1348. The block, door by door
- 2
2539 East Georgia Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- J A Campbell, a carpenter 1940
- Gordon A J Campbell, a roofer at Western Steel Products 1940
Next door in 1940: E H Freeman at 2531 and Mrs B Slavin at 2555. The block, door by door
- 3
2696 East Georgia Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- D Campbell, an engineer at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: J G Bremner at 2692. The block, door by door
- 4
3411 East Georgia Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- R E Campbell, a miner 1940
- Esther G Campbell, a clerk at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: W S Brighten at 3419. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all six: a carpenter, a chocolate dipper, a clerk, an engineer, a miner and a roofer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (3) and Grandview-Woodland. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Elizabeth Campbell at 1346 East Georgia Street, a chocolate dipper at McDonald's Fine Chocolates. J A Campbell is listed at 2539 East Georgia Street in 1940; 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 John A Campbell there as the householder, a carpenter, with Gordon A J Campbell, a roofer at Western Steel Products.
D Campbell is listed at 2696 East Georgia Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Don Campbell there as the householder, an engineer at the CPR. R E Campbell is listed at 3411 East Georgia Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert E Campbell there as the householder, a miner, with Esther G Campbell, a clerk at Spencer's.
Today
2539 East Georgia, 2696 East Georgia and 3411 East Georgia still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1346 East Georgia, 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.
- Campbell Mrs Eliz choc dipper McDonald's Fine Chocs1346 East Georgia, p. 89
- *Campbell J A2539 East Georgia, p. 56
- Campbell Gordon A J roofer Western Steel Prods2539 East Georgia, p. 90
- Campbell John A carp2539 East Georgia, p. 90
- *Campbell D2696 East Georgia, p. 56
- Campbell Don eng CPR2696 East Georgia, p. 89
- *Campbell R E3411 East Georgia, p. 56
- Campbell Esther G clk Spencers3411 East Georgia, p. 89
- Campbell Robt E miner3411 East Georgia, p. 91
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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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.