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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

The Campbells

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at seven addresses

The directories print nine people named Campbell at seven addresses in 1940, all on Granville 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    470 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W H Campbell, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rogers Bldg Barber Shop at 464 and A J Alexander at 474. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    581 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W J Campbell, a photographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Shoppe Smartwear at 579 and Rae's Leather Goods at 583. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    736 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A H L Campbell, a dentist 1940
    • G Campbell, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Nippon Silk Co at 732 and Mayfair Style Shop at 738. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1176 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Dot Campbell, a waitress at New Royal Cafe 1940
    • Robert Campbell 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Davis at 1168 and Peter Pan Cafe at 1180. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1261 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Grace Campbell 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wosk's Ltd at 1259 and Crescent Furn at 1267. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1336 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • James Campbell, a janitor at the Cecil Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Cecil Cafe at 1326 and Independent Motors at 1344. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    6089 Granville Street

    Oakridge, 1940

    • M D Campbell, a managing director at Campbell Motors 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the nine: a barrister, a janitor, a managing director and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (6) and Oakridge. 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 W H Campbell, a barrister, at 470 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William H Campbell there, a barrister. In 1940 the directory lists W J Campbell, a photographer, at 581 Granville Street.

G Campbell, a physician, is listed at 736 Granville Street in 1940. In 1940 the listing there is A H L Campbell, a dentist. The 1940 name section lists Dot Campbell at 1176 Granville Street, a waitress at New Royal Cafe, with Robert Campbell. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Grace Campbell at 1261 Granville Street.

The 1940 name section lists James Campbell at 1336 Granville Street, a janitor at the Cecil Hotel. In 1940 the directory lists M D Campbell at 6089 Granville Street; 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 Malcolm D Campbell there as the householder, a managing director at Campbell Motors.

Today

470 Granville, 736 Granville, 1176 Granville and 1261 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 581 Granville, 1336 Granville and 6089 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 470 Granville: no archive photo of the 400 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 11 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.