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A family name on East 26th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood

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 East 26th Avenue. 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    233 East 26th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • G T Thompson, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: H J Moores at 219 and W J A Henry at 239. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    649 East 26th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • S Thompson, a swamper at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Victor G Thompson, a salesman at Mackenzie, White & Dunsmuir 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Collinson at 641 and A H Gingell at 657. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2062 East 26th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J Thompson 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Henderson at 2056 and W Noble at 2070. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2950 East 26th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs B V Thompson, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M F E Stewart at 2938 and R Davies at 2978. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a clerk, a salesman and a swamper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 T Thompson at 233 East 26th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George T Thompson there as the householder, a clerk. In 1940 the directory lists S Thompson at 649 East 26th 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 lists Sid Thompson there as the householder, a swamper at the City of Vancouver, with Victor G Thompson, a salesman at Mackenzie, White & Dunsmuir.

In 1940 the directory lists J Thompson at 2062 East 26th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Thompson there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs B V Thompson at 2950 East 26th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Barbara V Thompson there as the householder, widow of A.

Today

649 East 26th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 233 East 26th (2019), 2062 East 26th (1996) and 2950 East 26th (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.