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A family name on Broughton Street, West End

The Simpsons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Simpson at four addresses in 1940, all on Broughton 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 119 other streets too, all listed on the Simpson name's own page.

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Where the Simpsons 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

    825 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • Lyle Simpson 1940

    Next door in 1940: F C Williams at 823 and Miss E K MacLean at 883. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    912 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs A L Simpson, widow of E L 1940
    • Dorothy P Simpson, of Dance Novelty Bureau 1940

    Next door in 1940: C G McGuire at 908 and A MacMillan at 942. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    985 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • W G Simpson, an engineer who kept rooms to let 1940
    • Helen L Simpson, a telephone operator at Royal Trust 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Morley at 977 and Mrs L Doroshenco at 993. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1056 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Annie Simpson 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Crump at 1052 and T J Dean at 1080. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: an engineer and rooms to let and a telephone operator. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (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 Lyle Simpson at 825 Broughton Street. Mrs A L Simpson is listed at 912 Broughton Street 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 Alice L Simpson there as the householder, widow of E L, with Dorothy P Simpson, of Dance Novelty Bureau.

W G Simpson, rooms to let, is listed at 985 Broughton Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Walter G Simpson there, an engineer who kept rooms to let, with Helen L Simpson, a telephone operator at Royal Trust. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Annie Simpson at 1056 Broughton Street.

Today

985 Broughton still has its building from before 1946, dated 1908 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 825 Broughton, 912 Broughton and 1056 Broughton, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Simpsons

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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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.