A family name on West 26th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Shaughnessy
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 26th 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
837 West 26th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- S A Thompson, a hauling contractor 1940
Next door in 1940: V W E Madden at 831 and H Harvey at 843. The block, door by door
- 2
1177 West 26th Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Harry Thompson, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: T D Kirk at 1163. The block, door by door
- 3
3547 West 26th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Robert W Thompson, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: E Spencer at 3539 and R M Holloway at 3553. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a hauling contractor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and South Cambie. 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 S A Thompson, a hauling contractor, at 837 West 26th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Sid A Thompson there as the householder, a hauling contractor. The 1940 name section lists Harry Thompson at 1177 West 26th Avenue, retired. The 1940 name section lists Robert W Thompson at 3547 West 26th Avenue, retired.
Today
3547 West 26th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 837 West 26th (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1177 West 26th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Thompson S A hauling contr837 West 26th, p. 240
- Thompson Sid A hauling contr837 West 26th, p. 610
- Thompson Harry retired1177 West 26th, p. 609
- Thompson Robt W retired3547 West 26th, p. 610
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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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.