A family name on West 52nd Avenue, Oakridge and Kerrisdale
The Campbells
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Campbell at two addresses in 1940, all on West 52nd Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
575 West 52nd Avenue
Oakridge, 1940
- D L Campbell 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss F Dunhill at 555 and W Robertson at 595. The block, door by door
- 2
636 West 52nd Avenue
Oakridge, 1940
- W Campbell, an electrician repairer 1940
Next door in 1940: C Levin at 606 and E C Grant at 646. The block, door by door
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Oakridge (2). 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 D L Campbell at 575 West 52nd Avenue. W Campbell, an electrician repairer, is listed at 636 West 52nd Avenue in 1940.
Today
The City no longer lists 575 West 52nd and 636 West 52nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Campbell D L575 West 52nd, p. 267
- Campbell W elec repr636 West 52nd, p. 267
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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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.