A family name on West 3rd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Campbells
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Campbell at three addresses in 1940, all on West 3rd 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
- 1
1676 West 3rd Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- B J Campbell, who worked for Peerless Laundry 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs H A Taylor at 1672 and Peerless Lndy at 1698. The block, door by door
- 2
3157 West 3rd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- John W Campbell, a driver at Begg Motor 1940
Next door in 1940: R H Slomen at 3151 and D Irving at 3163. The block, door by door
- 3
4444 West 3rd Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- C S Campbell, a machinist operator at the Province 1940
Next door in 1940: S Gillow at 4440. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a driver, an employee and a machinist operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 B J Campbell at 1676 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Bernard J Campbell there as the householder, who worked for Peerless Laundry. The 1940 name section lists John W Campbell at 3157 West 3rd Avenue, a driver at Begg Motor.
C S Campbell is listed at 4444 West 3rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles S Campbell there as the householder, a machinist operator at the Province.
Today
3157 West 3rd and 4444 West 3rd still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1676 West 3rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Campbell B J1676 West 3rd, p. 178
- Campbell Bernard J emp Peerless Lndy1676 West 3rd, p. 89
- Campbell John W drvr Begg Motor3157 West 3rd, p. 90
- Campbell C S4444 West 3rd, p. 180
- Campbell Chas S mach opr Province4444 West 3rd, p. 89
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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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.