A family name on Windsor Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and Sunset
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 Windsor Street. 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
- 2
3126 Windsor Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J N Campbell, a blacksmith 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Sobotin at 3118. The block, door by door
- 3
4858 Windsor Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W Campbell, a house officer at the Vancouver Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: Windsor United Church at 4850 and R R Burt at 4872. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a blacksmith, a house officer and a miner.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 T Campbell at 2423 Windsor Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas Campbell there as the householder, a miner. In 1940 the directory lists J N Campbell at 3126 Windsor Street; 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 N Campbell there as the householder, a blacksmith.
In 1940 the directory lists W Campbell at 4858 Windsor Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Campbell there as the householder, a house officer at the Vancouver Hotel.
Today
4858 Windsor (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2423 Windsor and 3126 Windsor, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Campbell T2423 Windsor, p. 169
- Campbell Thos miner2423 Windsor, p. 91
- *Campbell J N3126 Windsor, p. 169
- Campbell John N blksmth3126 Windsor, p. 90
- *Campbell W4858 Windsor, p. 169
- Campbell Wm hse offcr Van Hotel4858 Windsor, 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.