A family name on Fraser Street, Sunset, Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
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 Fraser 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
4780 Fraser Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- M Campbell, a stableman at Cowan-Dodson 1940
- John M Campbell, a clerk at Canada Packers 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E Brown at 4786. The block, door by door
- 2
6493 Fraser Street
Sunset, 1940
- B A Campbell, a confectioner 1940
- Murray D Campbell, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: G H Emery at 6483. The block, door by door
- 3
7004 Fraser Street
Sunset, 1940
- R Campbell, a helper at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940
Next door in 1940: J D Chant at 7058. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all five: a clerk, a confectioner, a driver, a helper and a stableman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Sunset (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 M Campbell at 4780 Fraser Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Malcolm Campbell there as the householder, a stableman at Cowan-Dodson, with John M Campbell, a clerk at Canada Packers. In 1940 the directory lists B A Campbell, a confectioner, at 6493 Fraser Street. The 1940 name section lists Bert A Campbell there, a confectioner, with Murray D Campbell, a driver.
In 1940 the directory lists R Campbell at 7004 Fraser Street. The 1940 name section lists Robert Campbell there as the householder, a helper at the Burrard Dry Dock.
Today
4780 Fraser still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 6493 Fraser and 7004 Fraser, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Campbell M4780 Fraser, p. 52
- Campbell John M clk Canada Packers4780 Fraser, p. 90
- Campbell Malc stablemn Cowan-Dodson4780 Fraser, p. 90
- Campbell B A confr6493 Fraser, p. 53
- Campbell Bert A confr6493 Fraser, p. 89
- Campbell Murray D drvr6493 Fraser, p. 91
- Campbell R7004 Fraser, p. 53
- Campbell Robt hlpr Burrard Dry Dock7004 Fraser, p. 91
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Campbells
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.