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A family name on West 1st Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Campbells

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Campbell at four addresses in 1940, all on West 1st Avenue. 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

    2597 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Muriel Campbell, a maid for C H Tingley 1940

    Next door in 1940: M W Hanna at 2575. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3136 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A R Campbell, a police driver at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • John Campbell 1940

    Next door in 1940: G T Poppell at 3148. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3148 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Edward Campbell 1940

    Next door in 1940: A R Campbell at 3136 and Mrs M G McNab at 3166. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3562 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G H Campbell, of Campbell & Castleman 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Marett at 3556. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a maid and a police driver.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (4). 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 Muriel Campbell at 2597 West 1st Avenue, a maid for C H Tingley. A R Campbell is listed at 3136 West 1st Avenue 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 Alex R Campbell there as the householder, a police driver at the City of Vancouver, with John Campbell. The 1940 name section lists Edward Campbell at 3148 West 1st Avenue.

In 1940 the directory lists G H Campbell at 3562 West 1st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George H Campbell there as the householder, of Campbell & Castleman.

Today

3562 West 1st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2597 West 1st, 3136 West 1st and 3148 West 1st, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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.