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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Thompsons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Thompson at six addresses in 1940, all on West 12th Avenue. 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1006 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • V Thompson, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Ralston at 1016. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1126 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Arthur R Thompson 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Bailie at 1116 and G N Wylde at 1136. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1190 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mabel Thompson, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: randolph apartments at 1176. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1536 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • C G Thompson, a manager at Brewers & Bottlers Supplies 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Adam at 1512 and santa monica at 1546. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1684 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G H Thompson, a salesman at Curtis Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Makinson at 1676 and evelyn (the) at 1686. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1755 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs E J Thompson, widow of A L 1940
    • Lloyd B Thompson, a stenographer for G M Thompson 1940

    Next door in 1940: W W Neeland at 1745 and W W Trotter at 1765. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a nurse (2), a manager, a salesman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (6). 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 V Thompson at 1006 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Victoria Thompson there as the householder, a nurse. The 1940 name section lists Arthur R Thompson at 1126 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mabel Thompson at 1190 West 12th Avenue, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital.

In 1940 the directory lists C G Thompson at 1536 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Campbell G Thompson there as the householder, a manager at Brewers & Bottlers Supplies. In 1940 the directory lists G H Thompson at 1684 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George H Thompson there as the householder, a salesman at Curtis Motors.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E J Thompson at 1755 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Emma J Thompson there as the householder, widow of A L, with Lloyd B Thompson, a stenographer for G M Thompson.

Today

1006 West 12th, 1190 West 12th and 1536 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1126 West 12th (1982) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1684 West 12th and 1755 West 12th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.