A family name on East 27th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Thompsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Thompson at three addresses in 1940, all on East 27th 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
- 1
542 East 27th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- A Thompson, a miner 1940
- Jessie I Thompson 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs V A Hagberg at 536 and Mrs H A MacKenzie at 550. The block, door by door
- 2
1328 East 27th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- S W Thompson, a carpenter 1940
Next door in 1940: W M Craig at 1320 and R H Mosley at 1342. The block, door by door
- 3
2560 East 27th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- W Thompson, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: J B Thomas at 2552. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a carpenter, a miner and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Renfrew-Collingwood and Riley Park. 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 A Thompson at 542 East 27th 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 Alex Thompson there as the householder, a miner, with Jessie I Thompson. In 1940 the directory lists S W Thompson at 1328 East 27th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Sam W Thompson there as the householder, a carpenter.
In 1940 the directory lists W Thompson at 2560 East 27th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William Thompson there as the householder, a salesman.
Today
2560 East 27th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 542 East 27th (2015) and 1328 East 27th (1977) 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 A542 East 27th, p. 241
- Thompson Alex miner542 East 27th, p. 608
- Thompson Jessie I542 East 27th, p. 609
- Thompson S W1328 East 27th, p. 242
- Thompson Sam W carp1328 East 27th, p. 610
- Thompson W2560 East 27th, p. 242
- Thompson Wm slsmn2560 East 27th, p. 610
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.