A family name on East Broadway, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Hastings-Sunrise
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 Broadway. 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
844 East Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Leslie H Thompson, on active service 1940
Next door in 1940: F J Perceval at 836 and T Bamford at 856. The block, door by door
- 2
1353 East Broadway
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs C P Thompson, widow of P E 1940
- Hazel C Thompson 1940
Next door in 1940: T McCue at 1323. The block, door by door
- 3
1766 East Broadway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Thomas Thompson, a laborer at Greater Vancouver Water District 1940
Next door in 1940: W Morgan at 1754 and W Sanderson at 1780. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a laborer and an on active service. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Mount Pleasant. 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 Leslie H Thompson at 844 East Broadway, on active service. Mrs C P Thompson is listed at 1353 East Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Clara P Thompson there as the householder, widow of P E, with Hazel C Thompson. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Thompson at 1766 East Broadway, a laborer at Greater Vancouver Water District.
Today
844 East Broadway still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 1353 East Broadway (2005) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1766 East Broadway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Thompson Leslie H act serv844 East Broadway, p. 609
- Thompson Mrs C P1353 East Broadway, p. 16
- Thompson Clara P wid P E1353 East Broadway, p. 608
- Thompson Hazel C1353 East Broadway, p. 609
- Thompson Thos lab Greater Van Water Dist1766 East Broadway, 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
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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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.