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A family name on West 30th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Thompsons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Thompson at four addresses in 1940, all on West 30th 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2845 West 30th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • Minnie F Thompson 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Horrex at 2835 and R Black at 2855. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2875 West 30th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • R C Thompson, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: H H Smith at 2865 and G Greenall at 2885. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2946 West 30th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • F C Thompson, of Thompson & Graham 1940

    Next door in 1940: R T Gillespie at 2938 and R K Smart at 2954. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3772 West 30th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H T Thompson, a bridgeman 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Rogers at 3760 and E R C Wilcox at 3794. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a bridgeman and an employee.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge (2) and Dunbar-Southlands (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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Minnie F Thompson at 2845 West 30th Avenue. R C Thompson is listed at 2875 West 30th 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 Roy C Thompson there as the householder, who worked for the BC Telephone.

F C Thompson is listed at 2946 West 30th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick C Thompson there as the householder, of Thompson & Graham. H T Thompson is listed at 3772 West 30th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harvey T Thompson there as the householder, a bridgeman.

Today

2875 West 30th, 2946 West 30th and 3772 West 30th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2845 West 30th (1997) 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.
1940

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

The book of the Thompsons

Every directory, as one book

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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.