A family name on Barclay Street, West End
The Thompsons
In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses
The directories print seven people named Thompson at six addresses in 1940, all on Barclay Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 175 other streets too, all listed on the Thompson name's own page.
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Where the Thompsons lived
- 1
1028 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- James C Thompson, a manager at The Fairview Barber 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E McFerran at 1026 and J Nixon at 1032. The block, door by door
- 2
1047 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs Hilda L Thompson, a stenographer at Maitland, Maitland, Remnant & Hutcheson 1940
Next door in 1940: R H Richardson at 1043 and J T Scott at 1049. The block, door by door
- 3
1133 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs L Thompson, widow of J E 1940
- Florence M Thompson, a hairdresser at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
Next door in 1940: J Graham at 1131 and W Fergen at 1135. The block, door by door
- 4
1275 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- James Thompson, a janitor at the Abbott House Association 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss B Therrien at 1273. The block, door by door
- 5
1428 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Thompson (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss M Lambie at 1420 and B Bernhardt at 1436. The block, door by door
- 6
1700 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- C V Thompson 1940
Next door in 1940: N Page at 1708. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a hairdresser, a janitor, a manager and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (6). 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 James C Thompson at 1028 Barclay Street, a manager at The Fairview Barber. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Hilda L Thompson at 1047 Barclay Street, a stenographer at Maitland, Maitland, Remnant & Hutcheson. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs L Thompson at 1133 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section lists Lena Thompson there as the householder, widow of J E, with Florence M Thompson, a hairdresser at the Hudson's Bay Company.
The 1940 name section lists James Thompson at 1275 Barclay Street, a janitor at the Abbott House Association. The 1940 name section lists Thompson (no first name printed) at 1428 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section lists C V Thompson at 1700 Barclay Street.
Today
1028 Barclay (2010), 1047 Barclay (1985) and 1133 Barclay (1956) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1275 Barclay, 1428 Barclay and 1700 Barclay, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Thompson Jas C mgr The Fairview Barber1028 Barclay, p. 609
- Thompson Mrs Hilda L sten Maitland, Maitland, Remnant & Hutcheson1047 Barclay, p. 609
- Thompson Mrs L1133 Barclay, p. 8
- Thompson Florence M hairdrsr HBC1133 Barclay, p. 609
- Thompson Lena wid J E1133 Barclay, p. 609
- Thompson Jas jntr Abbott Hse Assn1275 Barclay, p. 609
- Thompson —1428 Barclay, p. 608
- Thompson C V1700 Barclay, p. 608
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Thompsons
Every directory, as one book
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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.