A family name on West 19th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Thompsons
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Thompson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 19th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Thompsons at 906 West 19th 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
- 1
894 West 19th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- F H Thompson, an assistant engineer at the National Harbours Board Fish Dock 1940
- Phyllis C Thompson, a stenographer for J R Watkins 1940
Next door in 1940: A E Burgess at 888. The block, door by door
- 2
906 West 19th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- J L Thompson, retired 1940
- Lillias Thompson, a nurse 1940
- Loie O Thompson, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce 1940
Next door in 1940: J Smith at 910. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an assistant engineer, a clerk, a nurse and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in South Cambie (2). 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 F H Thompson at 894 West 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Francis H Thompson there as the householder, an assistant engineer at the National Harbours Board Fish Dock, with Phyllis C Thompson, a stenographer for J R Watkins. In 1940 the directory lists J L Thompson at 906 West 19th 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 James L Thompson there as the householder, retired, with Lillias Thompson, a nurse, and Loie O Thompson, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce.
Today
906 West 19th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 894 West 19th (2014) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Thompson F H894 West 19th, p. 229
- Thompson Francis H asst eng NHB Fish Dock894 West 19th, p. 609
- Thompson Phyllis C sten J R Watkins894 West 19th, p. 610
- *Thompson J L906 West 19th, p. 229
- Thompson Jas L retired906 West 19th, p. 609
- Thompson Lillias nurse906 West 19th, p. 609
- Thompson Loie O clk CB of C906 West 19th, p. 609
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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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.