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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Thompsons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Thompson at three addresses in 1940, all on West 14th 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: four Thompsons at 2954 West 14th 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

    485 West 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W G Thompson, a detective at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F M Brewster at 443. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2954 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F Thompson, a clerk at the Post Office 1940
    • Gordon Thompson, an apprentice for E H Fitch 1940
    • Leslie F Thompson, a clerk at the Customs 1940
    • Wilfred Thompson, a clerk at Grant Atkinson & Blair 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Cohen at 2938 and Mrs E A Coussens at 2960. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4453 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J Thompson 1940

    Next door in 1940: E L MacKay at 4449 and O Ekman at 4459. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a clerk (3), an apprentice and a detective.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 W G Thompson at 485 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William G Thompson there as the householder, a detective at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists F Thompson at 2954 West 14th Avenue; 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 Francis Thompson there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office, with Gordon Thompson, an apprentice for E H Fitch, Leslie F Thompson, a clerk at the Customs, and Wilfred Thompson, a clerk at Grant Atkinson & Blair.

In 1940 the directory lists J Thompson at 4453 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Thompson there as the householder.

Today

485 West 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 4453 West 14th (2018) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2954 West 14th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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.