A family name on Napier Street, Hastings-Sunrise, Strathcona and Grandview-Woodland
The Simpsons
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Simpson at two addresses in 1940, all on Napier Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Simpsons at 1402 Napier in 1940. 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
- 1
1402 Napier Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- J Simpson, a longshoreman 1940
- Doris Simpson 1940
- Leslie J Simpson 1940
- William J Simpson, a longshoreman 1940
- 2
3322 Napier Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- A Simpson, a warehouseman 1940
Next door in 1940: E E Coukell at 3318 and I Irvine at 3324. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a longshoreman (2) and a warehouseman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 J Simpson at 1402 Napier Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jackson Simpson there as the householder, a longshoreman, with Doris Simpson, Leslie J Simpson, and William J Simpson, a longshoreman. In 1940 the directory lists A Simpson at 3322 Napier 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 Alfred Simpson there as the householder, a warehouseman.
Today
3322 Napier (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1402 Napier, 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.
- Simpson J1402 Napier, p. 117
- Simpson Doris1402 Napier, p. 561
- Simpson Jackson lngshmn1402 Napier, p. 562
- Simpson Leslie J1402 Napier, p. 562
- Simpson Wm J lngshmn1402 Napier, p. 562
- *Simpson A3322 Napier, p. 118
- Simpson Alfd whsmn3322 Napier, p. 561
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Simpsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Simpson 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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Another name, or a house
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.