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A family name on West King Edward Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy 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 King Edward 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1975 West King Edward Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • E A Campbell, a physician at the Provincial Mental Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: T A Power at 1961 and J G Graham at 1989. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3168 West King Edward Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E M Campbell, a salesman at Leckie 1940
    • Harriet L Campbell 1940

    Next door in 1940: W D Greyell at 3160. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3905 West King Edward Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A F Campbell, a seaman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A N Barker at 3911. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a physician, a salesman and a seaman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) and Shaughnessy. 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 E A Campbell at 1975 West King Edward 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 Ernest A Campbell there as the householder, a physician at the Provincial Mental Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists E M Campbell at 3168 West King Edward Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edward M Campbell there as the householder, a salesman at Leckie, with Harriet L Campbell.

In 1940 the directory lists A F Campbell at 3905 West King Edward Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Angus F Campbell there as the householder, a seaman.

Today

1975 West King Edward and 3905 West King Edward still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 3168 West King Edward, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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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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.