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A family name on West 31st Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands and Arbutus Ridge

The Campbells

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Campbell at three addresses in 1940, all on West 31st 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. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    3879 West 31st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W Campbell, a lineman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Kathleen Campbell, a packer at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: M J Brophy at 3873 and C A Drummond at 3889. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3895 West 31st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W S Campbell, a salesman for G H Cottrell 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A Drummond at 3889. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3974 West 31st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J G Campbell, a clerk for Kelly Douglas 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Hull at 3966 and J A Spence at 3982. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a clerk, a lineman, a packer and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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

In 1940 the directory lists W Campbell at 3879 West 31st Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists William Campbell there as the householder, a lineman at the BC Electric Railway, with Kathleen Campbell, a packer at Spencer's. In 1940 the directory lists W S Campbell at 3895 West 31st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Walter S Campbell there as the householder, a salesman for G H Cottrell.

In 1940 the directory lists J G Campbell at 3974 West 31st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James G Campbell there as the householder, a clerk for Kelly Douglas.

Today

3895 West 31st and 3974 West 31st still have their buildings from before 1946; 3879 West 31st (1975) has a newer building, by the City's record.

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, 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.