A family name on West 65th Avenue, Marpole
The Campbells
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Campbell at two addresses in 1940, all on West 65th 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
1535 West 65th Avenue
Marpole, 1940
- M R Campbell, a sawyer at H M Shingle 1940
Next door in 1940: E J Boughen at 1529 and N Campbell at 1541. The block, door by door
- 2
1541 West 65th Avenue
Marpole, 1940
- N Campbell, a superintendent at United Distillers 1940
- Hector McS Campbell, a clerk at the CNR 1940
Next door in 1940: M R Campbell at 1535 and W H Hewitt at 1547. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a clerk, a sawyer and a superintendent.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Marpole (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 M R Campbell at 1535 West 65th 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 Marshall R Campbell there as the householder, a sawyer at H M Shingle. In 1940 the directory lists N Campbell at 1541 West 65th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Neil Campbell there as the householder, a superintendent at United Distillers, with Hector McS Campbell, a clerk at the CNR.
Today
1541 West 65th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 1535 West 65th (1989) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Campbell M R1535 West 65th, p. 272
- Campbell Marshall R sawyer H M Shingle1535 West 65th, p. 90
- *Campbell N1541 West 65th, p. 272
- Campbell Hector McS clk CNR1541 West 65th, p. 90
- Campbell Neil supt United Distillers1541 West 65th, p. 91
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.