A family name on Picton Street, Renfrew-Collingwood
The Thompsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at one address
The directories print four people named Thompson at one address, 4596 Picton Street in Renfrew-Collingwood, in 1940. The directories print the name on 175 other streets too, all listed on the Thompson name's own page.
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The Thompsons at home
Collingwood
- 1
4596 Picton Street
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- A W Thompson, a station fireman at the CPR 1940
- Lillian F Thompson 1940
- Ralph L Thompson 1940
- Ralphie F Thompson, a nurse at the Dr Lemon's Dental Office 1940
Next door in 1940: F Graham at 4590. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a nurse and a station fireman.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in 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 A W Thompson at 4596 Picton Street; 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 Arthur W Thompson there as the householder, a station fireman at the CPR, with Lillian F Thompson, Ralph L Thompson, and Ralphie F Thompson, a nurse at the Dr Lemon's Dental Office.
Today
4596 Picton (1990) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Thompson A W4596 Picton, p. 133
- Thompson Arth W sta firmn CPR4596 Picton, p. 608
- Thompson Lillian F4596 Picton, p. 609
- Thompson Ralph L4596 Picton, p. 610
- Thompson Ralphie F nurse Dr Lemon's Dental Office4596 Picton, 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.