A family name on West 16th Avenue, Fairview, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, South Cambie, Shaughnessy, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and West Point Grey
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 West 16th 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
- 1
1855 West 16th Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Josephine Thompson, a housekeeper at J J Forster 1940
Next door in 1940: A Whittaker at 1845 and A McGougan at 1865. The block, door by door
- 2
3505 West 16th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- G M Thompson, a salesman at Restmore 1940
Next door in 1940: D A Ferguson at 3515. The block, door by door
- 3
3555 West 16th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- H F Thompson, a clerk at the Royal Bank 1940
Next door in 1940: P W Ogilvy at 3549 and F T B Whaley at 3573. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a clerk, a housekeeper and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) and Shaughnessy. 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 Josephine Thompson at 1855 West 16th Avenue, a housekeeper at J J Forster. G M Thompson is listed at 3505 West 16th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists G Morrin Thompson there as the householder, a salesman at Restmore.
H F Thompson is listed at 3555 West 16th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harold F Thompson there as the householder, a clerk at the Royal Bank.
Today
3505 West 16th and 3555 West 16th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1855 West 16th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Thompson Josephine hsekpr J J Forster1855 West 16th, p. 609
- Thompson G M3505 West 16th, p. 223
- Thompson G Morrin slsmn Restmore3505 West 16th, p. 609
- Thompson H F3555 West 16th, p. 223
- Thompson Harold F clk Royal Bk3555 West 16th, p. 609
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.