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A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Thompsons

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at seven addresses

The directories print eleven people named Thompson at seven addresses in 1940, all on West 13th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Thompsons at 162 West 13th 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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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

    162 West 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs Clara Thompson 1940
    • Don I Thompson, a harness maker 1940
    • Dora Thompson, a dressmaker 1940

    Next door in 1940: C L Foster at 156 and T Metcalfe at 196. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1158 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • R Thompson, a clerk at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Mann at 1152 and B F Cope at 1176. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1310 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • E C Thompson, a manufacturers agent 1940
    • Phyllis S Thompson, a nurse for A Hilton 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Evans at 1336. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1856 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Olive Thompson, a nurse for T S Maunsell 1940

    Next door in 1940: F V Salkeld at 1846. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4463 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs R Thompson, widow of F 1940
    • Marguerite M Thompson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C Frisby at 4467. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4487 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Eleanor M Thompson 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Sutherland at 4477 and Mrs M E Reiser at 4497. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    4494 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W B Thompson, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: H F Guerin at 4488. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eleven: a nurse (2), a clerk, a dressmaker, a driver, a harness maker and a manufacturers agent. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (3), Fairview (2), Kitsilano 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 Mrs Clara Thompson at 162 West 13th Avenue as the householder, with Don I Thompson, a harness maker, and Dora Thompson, a dressmaker. R Thompson is listed at 1158 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ron Thompson there as the householder, a clerk at the City of Vancouver.

E C Thompson is listed at 1310 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ernest C Thompson there as the householder, a manufacturers agent, with Phyllis S Thompson, a nurse for A Hilton. The 1940 name section lists Olive Thompson at 1856 West 13th Avenue, a nurse for T S Maunsell.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs R Thompson at 4463 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Rhoda Thompson there as the householder, widow of F, with Marguerite M Thompson. The 1940 name section lists Eleanor M Thompson at 4487 West 13th Avenue.

W B Thompson is listed at 4494 West 13th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Walter B Thompson there as the householder, a driver.

Today

162 West 13th, 1310 West 13th, 1856 West 13th, 4463 West 13th and 4487 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1310 West 13th and 1856 West 13th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4494 West 13th (1958) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1158 West 13th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 15 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.