A family name on West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Simpsons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Simpson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 15th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
- 1
- 2
3517 West 15th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- T Victor Simpson, an apprentice at Northern Metals & Engineering 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Ewing at 3511 and D Mahalek at 3523. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an apprentice and a clockmaker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2). 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 W Simpson at 3495 West 15th 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 William Simpson there as the householder, a clockmaker for O B Allan. The 1940 name section lists T Victor Simpson at 3517 West 15th Avenue, an apprentice at Northern Metals & Engineering.
Today
3517 West 15th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1938 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3495 West 15th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Simpson W3495 West 15th, p. 221
- Simpson Wm clockmkr O B Allan3495 West 15th, p. 562
- Simpson T Victor appr Northern Metals & Eng3517 West 15th, p. 562
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.