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A family name on East 2nd Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise

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 East 2nd Avenue. 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

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

    1849 East 2nd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • R W Thompson, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: M D McRae at 1843 and A Provan at 1857. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2162 East 2nd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • I Thompson, a salesman at M-W Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: Green (no first name printed) at 2156 and H J Braddick at 2182. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all two: a fisherman and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (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 R W Thompson at 1849 East 2nd 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 Robert W Thompson there as the householder, a fisherman. In 1940 the directory lists I Thompson at 2162 East 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Isaac Thompson there as the householder, a salesman at M-W Ltd.

Today

1849 East 2nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 2162 East 2nd (2003) 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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.