A family name on West 6th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Simpsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Simpson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 6th 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
403 West 6th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- A Simpson, a janitor at the City of Vancouver 1940
- Claude Simpson, a bus boy at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: W H South at 423. The block, door by door
- 2
2929 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Cora J Simpson, widow of C E 1940
Next door in 1940: S H Lorentzen at 2917 and T M Luckett at 2977. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a bus boy and a janitor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 A Simpson at 403 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alex Simpson there as the householder, a janitor at the City of Vancouver, with Claude Simpson, a bus boy at the Vancouver General Hospital. The 1940 name section lists Cora J Simpson at 2929 West 6th Avenue as the householder, widow of C E.
Today
The City no longer lists 403 West 6th and 2929 West 6th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Simpson A403 West 6th, p. 187
- Simpson Alex jntr Van City403 West 6th, p. 561
- Simpson Claude bus boy Van Genl Hosp403 West 6th, p. 561
- Simpson Cora J wid C E2929 West 6th, 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.