A family name on East 1st Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Thompsons
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Thompson at two addresses in 1940, all on East 1st Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Thompsons at 3281 East 1st in 1940. 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
3174 East 1st Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- S Thompson, a laborer 1940
- Kathleen E Thompson, a waitress at Manning's Coffee Shop 1940
Next door in 1940: A Gauchi at 3166 and L C Fleury at 3180. The block, door by door
- 2
3281 East 1st Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Mrs A M Thompson, widow of F A 1940
- Gordon W Thompson, a stenographer at Gainers 1940
- Lillian Thompson, a finisher at North West Fur 1940
Next door in 1940: K R Sloboden at 3277. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a finisher, a laborer, a stenographer and a waitress. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2). 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 S Thompson at 3174 East 1st Avenue; 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 Sid Thompson there as the householder, a laborer, with Kathleen E Thompson, a waitress at Manning's Coffee Shop. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A M Thompson at 3281 East 1st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ada M Thompson there as the householder, widow of F A, with Gordon W Thompson, a stenographer at Gainers, and Lillian Thompson, a finisher at North West Fur.
Today
3174 East 1st (2003) and 3281 East 1st (1980) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Thompson S3174 East 1st, p. 173
- Thompson Kathleen E waitress Manning's Coffee Shop3174 East 1st, p. 609
- Thompson Sid lab3174 East 1st, p. 610
- *Thompson Mrs A M3281 East 1st, p. 173
- Thompson Ada M wid F A3281 East 1st, p. 608
- Thompson Gordon W sten Gainers3281 East 1st, p. 609
- Thompson Lillian fnshr North West Fur3281 East 1st, p. 609
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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.