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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Thompsons

In the city directories 1940 · 319 addresses on 176 streets

The directories print the Thompson name at 319 addresses on 176 streets in 1940, in 22 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Thompsons lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. West End39 addresses
  2. Downtown34 addresses
  3. Kitsilano26 addresses
  4. Kensington-Cedar Cottage24 addresses
  5. Dunbar-Southlands22 addresses
  6. Grandview-Woodland20 addresses
  7. Fairview19 addresses
  8. Mount Pleasant14 addresses
  9. Renfrew-Collingwood13 addresses
  10. Riley Park13 addresses
  11. Strathcona13 addresses
  12. Hastings-Sunrise12 addresses
  13. Kerrisdale12 addresses
  14. West Point Grey12 addresses
  15. Arbutus Ridge9 addresses
  16. Shaughnessy9 addresses
  17. Marpole7 addresses
  18. Sunset7 addresses
  19. South Cambie6 addresses
  20. Victoria-Fraserview5 addresses
  21. Killarney2 addresses
  22. Oakridge1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    West 8th AvenueNine addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; eleven people: A E Thompson, F B S Thompson and F Thompson, and eight more
    1940
  2. 2
    East Hastings StreetSeven addresses in Downtown and Strathcona; nine people: Mrs H Thompson, C W Thompson and Carlyle Thompson, and six more
    1940
  3. 3
    West 13th AvenueSeven addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; eleven people: E C Thompson, Mrs R Thompson and R Thompson, and eight more
    1940
  4. 4
    Barclay StreetSix addresses in West End; seven people: Mrs L Thompson, C V Thompson and Florence M Thompson, and four more
    1940
  5. 5
    Haro StreetSix addresses in West End; 14 people: L Irene Thompson, Mrs C Thompson and Anne Thompson, and eleven more
    1940
  6. 6
    Nelson StreetSix addresses in West End; eight people: C E Thompson, H Thompson and R W Thompson, and five more
    1940
  7. 7
    West 12th AvenueSix addresses in Fairview; seven people: C G Thompson, G H Thompson and Mrs E J Thompson, and four more
    1940
  8. 8
    West Pender StreetFive addresses in Downtown; five people: G E Thompson, Betty Thompson and James Thompson, and two more
    1940
  9. 9
    Davie StreetFour addresses in West End; five people: J F Thompson, J T Thompson and Mabel Thompson, and two more
    1940
  10. 10
    East 26th AvenueFour addresses in Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood; five people: G T Thompson, J Thompson and Mrs B V Thompson, and two more
    1940
  11. 11
    Granville StreetFour addresses in Downtown; six people: F Thompson, Doris Thompson and Robert Thompson, and three more
    1940
  12. 12
    Pendrell StreetFour addresses in West End; six people: M A Thompson, Constance B Thompson and Elizabeth Thompson, and three more
    1940

164 more streets, by name: Abbott Street (3), Adera Street (2), Alberni Street (1), Alexander Street (2), Atlin Street (1), Balsam Street (2), Beatrice Street (2), Belmont Avenue (1), Blenheim Street (2), Broughton Street (1), Burrard Street (3), Bute Street (1), Cameron Avenue (1), Cardero Street (1), Carnarvon Street (1), Cartier Street (1), Charles Street (1), Chester Street (1), Collingwood Street (1), Commercial Drive (1), Comox Street (1), Connaught Drive (2), Creelman Avenue (1), Cypress Street (1), Drummond Drive (1), Dunbar Street (1), Dundas Street (1), East 12th Avenue (2), East 14th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 16th Avenue (2), East 19th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (2), East 21st Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (2), East 27th Avenue (3), East 28th Avenue (1), East 29th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (2), East 33rd Avenue (1), East 35th Avenue (3), East 37th Avenue (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 39th Avenue (1), East 41st Avenue (2), East 42nd Avenue (1), East 43rd Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (1), East 49th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 50th Avenue (2), East 58th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (2), East 60th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (3), East 8th Avenue (2), East Broadway (3), East Georgia Street (2), East King Edward Avenue (1), East Pender Street (1), Fairmont Street (1), Frances Street (1), Gladstone Street (1), Grant Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Hamilton Street (1), Highbury Street (1), Homer Street (2), Hornby Street (2), Howe Street (2), Hudson Street (1), James Street (1), Jervis Street (2), Keefer Street (2), Kings Avenue (1), Kingsway (3), Kitchener Street (1), Knight Street (1), Laburnum Street (1), Langara Avenue (1), Larch Street (1), Little Street (1), Main Street (2), Maple Street (1), Marine Crescent (1), Marpole Avenue (1), Melville Street (1), Montcalm Street (1), Nanton Avenue (1), Napier Street (1), North Kootenay Street (1), Oak Street (2), Ormidale Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Parker Street (2), Picton Street (1), Powell Street (1), Prince Albert Street (1), Puget Drive (1), Quilchena Crescent (1), Rhodes Street (1), Richards Street (2), Robson Street (3), Semlin Drive (1), Shaughnessy Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Trafalgar Street (1), Triumph Street (1), Turner Street (2), Venables Street (1), Vernon Drive (1), Victoria Drive (4), Wales Street (1), Wall Street (1), Walnut Street (1), Welwyn Street (1), West 10th Avenue (3), West 11th Avenue (3), West 14th Avenue (3), West 15th Avenue (3), West 16th Avenue (3), West 17th Avenue (2), West 18th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (2), West 1st Avenue (3), West 20th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (2), West 26th Avenue (3), West 27th Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (4), West 30th Avenue (4), West 31st Avenue (2), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (3), West 35th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 39th Avenue (2), West 3rd Avenue (2), West 41st Avenue (4), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 44th Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (3), West 4th Avenue (1), West 59th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (2), West 65th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 72nd Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 9th Avenue (2), West Broadway (2), West Cordova Street (2), West Georgia Street (3), West Hastings Street (2), William Street (2), Windsor Street (1), Woodland Drive (2).

Today

By the City's record, of the 319 addresses, 127 still have their buildings from before 1946, 78 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 114; each street's page names them.

The book of the Thompsons

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under T. Want a name removed? Tell us.