A family name on Beatrice Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview
The Thompsons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Thompson at two addresses in 1940, all on Beatrice Street. 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 175 other streets too, all listed on the Thompson name's own page.
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Where the Thompsons lived
Fraserview
- 1
4038 Beatrice Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- G O Thompson, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs S Steeves at 4030 and G B Nyberg at 4046. The block, door by door
- 2
5772 Beatrice Street
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- D W H Thompson, a blacksmith at D J Smith Equipment 1940
Next door in 1940: A C Cole at 5762 and J Sinclair at 5796. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a blacksmith and a longshoreman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 G O Thompson at 4038 Beatrice Street; 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 George O Thompson there as the householder, a longshoreman. In 1940 the directory lists D W H Thompson at 5772 Beatrice Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Doug W H Thompson there as the householder, a blacksmith at D J Smith Equipment.
Today
4038 Beatrice still has its building from before 1946, dated 1914 by the City's record; 5772 Beatrice (2000) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Thompson G O4038 Beatrice, p. 10
- Thompson Geo O lngshmn4038 Beatrice, p. 609
- *Thompson D W H5772 Beatrice, p. 10
- Thompson Doug W H blksmth D J Smith Equip5772 Beatrice, p. 608
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Thompsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Thompson 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 T. Want a name removed? Tell us.