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A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Campbells

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at four addresses

The directories print eleven people named Campbell at four addresses in 1940, all on West 8th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Campbells at 2337 West 8th in 1940. 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

    2337 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Audrey M Campbell, a stenographer at the BC Government 1940
    • Lillian Campbell, widow of C S 1940
    • Marguerite Campbell, a cashier at Kresge's 1940
    • Stan Campbell 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Burnley at 2335 and H Munacharu at 2345. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2660 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J D Campbell, retired 1940
    • Harvey P Campbell, a traveller 1940
    • Walter M Campbell, a metalworker at Vancouver Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: W R Hobbs at 2630 and J Stevenson at 2680. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2715 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T Campbell, a manager for Gowen Sutton 1940

    Next door in 1940: D A Johnston at 2705 and L N Thompson at 2725. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2881 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs D Campbell 1940
    • D Grant Campbell 1940
    • Elizabeth Campbell, an operator at Simmons 1940

    Next door in 1940: K M Johnson at 2871. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eleven: a cashier, a manager, a metalworker, an operator, a stenographer and a traveller. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

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 Audrey M Campbell at 2337 West 8th Avenue, a stenographer at the BC Government, with Lillian Campbell, widow of C S, Marguerite Campbell, a cashier at Kresge's, and Stan Campbell. J D Campbell is listed at 2660 West 8th 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 John D Campbell there as the householder, retired, with Harvey P Campbell, a traveller, and Walter M Campbell, a metalworker at Vancouver Motors.

T Campbell is listed at 2715 West 8th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Campbell there as the householder, a manager for Gowen Sutton. Mrs D Campbell is listed at 2881 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Dorothy Campbell there as the householder, with D Grant Campbell, and Elizabeth Campbell, an operator at Simmons.

Today

2660 West 8th and 2715 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2337 West 8th and 2881 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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.