A family name on Heather Street, South Cambie, Fairview and Marpole
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 Heather Street. 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 3391 Heather 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
- 1
- 2
3391 Heather Street
South Cambie, 1940
- D Campbell, a salesman 1940
- Lois Campbell, a stenographer at Hayes Manufacturing 1940
- Ruth Campbell, a stenographer at Canadian Liquid Air 1940
- 3
3819 Heather Street
South Cambie, 1940
- Margaret J Campbell, widow of W 1940
Next door in 1940: B H Rushton at 3825. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a stenographer (2), a helper and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in South Cambie (3). 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 R W Campbell at 3250 Heather Street, a helper at Neon Products. D Campbell is listed at 3391 Heather Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Dugald Campbell there as the householder, a salesman, with Lois Campbell, a stenographer at Hayes Manufacturing, and Ruth Campbell, a stenographer at Canadian Liquid Air. The 1940 name section lists Margaret J Campbell at 3819 Heather Street, widow of W.
Today
3819 Heather still has its building from before 1946, dated 1922 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3250 Heather and 3391 Heather, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Campbell R W hlpr Neon Products3250 Heather, p. 91
- Campbell D3391 Heather, p. 82
- Campbell Dugald slsmn3391 Heather, p. 89
- Campbell Lois sten Hayes Mfg3391 Heather, p. 90
- Campbell Ruth sten Can Liq Air3391 Heather, p. 91
- Campbell Margt J wid W3819 Heather, p. 90
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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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.