A family name on Kingsway, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Thompsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Thompson at three addresses in 1940, all on Kingsway. 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
875 Kingsway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- H A Thompson, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: W R Dean at 865 and Mott Battery Serv at 885. The block, door by door
- 2
1810 Kingsway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- P G Thompson, a manager at Kway Drug 1940
Next door in 1940: P O Sunnydene at 1808 and W A Patrick at 1822. The block, door by door
- 3
3474 Kingsway
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- W K Thompson, an engineer at E L Sauder Lumber 1940
Next door in 1940: J Coult at 3468 and I Dick at 3484. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: an engineer, a manager and a motorman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) 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 H A Thompson at 875 Kingsway; 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 Harry A Thompson there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists P G Thompson at 1810 Kingsway. The 1940 name section lists Philip G Thompson there as the householder, a manager at Kway Drug.
In 1940 the directory lists W K Thompson at 3474 Kingsway. The 1940 name section lists William K Thompson there as the householder, an engineer at E L Sauder Lumber.
Today
The City no longer lists 875 Kingsway, 1810 Kingsway and 3474 Kingsway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Thompson H A875 Kingsway, p. 97
- Thompson Harry A mtrmn BCER875 Kingsway, p. 609
- Thompson P G1810 Kingsway, p. 98
- Thompson Philip G mgr Kway Drug1810 Kingsway, p. 610
- Thompson W K3474 Kingsway, p. 99
- Thompson Wm K eng E L Sauder Lbr3474 Kingsway, p. 610
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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.