A family name on Davie Street, West End and Downtown
The Thompsons
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Thompson at four addresses in 1940, all on Davie 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
1039 Davie Street
West End, 1940
- Mabel Thompson, a domestic 1940
Next door in 1940: Franklin F Gar Ltd at 1053. The block, door by door
- 2
1056 Davie Street
West End, 1940
- J T Thompson, a longshoreman 1940
- Ray G Thompson, an elevator operator at the Elysium Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: C H Welch at 1050 and J Lott at 1060. The block, door by door
- 3
1059 Davie Street
West End, 1940
- J F Thompson 1940
Next door in 1940: C R Evans at 1057 and G Wood at 1061. The block, door by door
- 4
1243 Davie Street
West End, 1940
- Marie Thompson, a dietitian 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs N Behnsen at 1225 and J Thorpe at 1245. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a dietitian, a domestic, an elevator operator and a longshoreman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (4). 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 Mabel Thompson at 1039 Davie Street, a domestic. J T Thompson is listed at 1056 Davie Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Joseph T Thompson there as the householder, a longshoreman, with Ray G Thompson, an elevator operator at the Elysium Hotel.
J F Thompson is listed at 1059 Davie Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James F Thompson there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Marie Thompson at 1243 Davie Street, a dietitian.
Today
The City no longer lists 1039 Davie, 1056 Davie, 1059 Davie and 1243 Davie, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Thompson Mabel dom1039 Davie, p. 610
- Thompson J T1056 Davie, p. 41
- Thompson Jos T lngshmn1056 Davie, p. 609
- Thompson Ray G elev opr Elysium Hotel1056 Davie, p. 610
- Thompson J F1059 Davie, p. 41
- Thompson Jas F1059 Davie, p. 609
- Thompson Marie dietitian1243 Davie, p. 610
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.