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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Thatchers

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at three addresses

The directories print eight people named Thatcher at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: five Thatchers at 2366 West 3rd in 1940.

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Where the Thatchers 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

    3875 Arbutus Street

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • Alfred Thatcher, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: G R Annable at 3857 and J J Cummingham at 3891. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2971 West 30th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Miss M A Thatcher 1940
    • Margaret A Thatcher, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Rollins at 2963 and J Mulvaney at 2979. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2366 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A H Thatcher, a president at the Western Machinery Works 1940
    • Audrey M M Thatcher, a finisher at G & H Garment 1940
    • Eileen E Thatcher, a stenographer at H R MacMillan Export 1940
    • Garda C N Thatcher 1940
    • Robert E A Thatcher 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Hadaway at 2356 and J Watson at 2376. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a finisher, a nurse, a president and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano. 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 Alfred Thatcher at 3875 Arbutus Street, retired. Miss M A Thatcher is listed at 2971 West 30th Avenue 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 Margaret A Thatcher there as the householder, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital.

A H Thatcher is listed at 2366 West 3rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ansil H Thatcher there as the householder, a president at the Western Machinery Works, with Audrey M M Thatcher, a finisher at G & H Garment, Eileen E Thatcher, a stenographer at H R MacMillan Export, Garda C N Thatcher, and Robert E A Thatcher.

Today

3875 Arbutus still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record; 2971 West 30th (1990) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2366 West 3rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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

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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 T. Want a name removed? Tell us.