A family name on Howe Street, Downtown
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 Howe Street. 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Thompsons lived
- 1
511 Howe Street
Downtown, 1940
- G M Thompson, in real estate and insurance 1940
Next door in 1940: Storey's Malted Milk Shops at 505 and "Ginger" Airways Coote at 515. The block, door by door
- 2
1423 Howe Street
Downtown, 1940
- Ross Thompson 1940
Next door in 1940: J Fletcher at 1427. The block, door by door
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (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 G M Thompson, in real estate and insurance, at 511 Howe Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Gordon M. Thompson there. The 1940 name section lists Ross Thompson at 1423 Howe Street.
Today
The City no longer lists 511 Howe and 1423 Howe, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
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.