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A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Thompsons

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at nine addresses

The directories print eleven people named Thompson at nine addresses in 1940, all on West 8th 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. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    124 West 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • H G Thompson, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Tippett at 122 and Mrs C McFarlane at 126. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    204 West 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • F Thompson, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Buckshon at 218. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1056 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • F B S Thompson, a carpenter 1940
    • Grace B Thompson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Puznik at 1048 and Mrs W Ito at 1060. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2505 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A E Thompson, a warehouseman at CP Express 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Michas at 2515. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2580 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • M Thompson, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: P T Combolos at 2566 and R H Dowling at 2584. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2725 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • L N Thompson, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • John M Thompson, an accountant 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Campbell at 2715 and R G Roach at 2735. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2890 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • N N Thompson, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Cummings at 2882. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3285 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Elmer S Thompson, an artist at the Pacific Mills 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Jenkinson at 3279. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    4402 West 8th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Joseph O Thompson, a registrar at the Vocational Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: G C Watts at 4406. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for ten of the eleven: a carpenter (2), a fireman (2), an accountant, an artist, a fisherman and a longshoreman, among others. Two of them worked for Vancouver City.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (5), Mount Pleasant (2), Fairview 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 H G Thompson at 124 West 8th 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 Harry G Thompson there as the householder, a fisherman. In 1940 the directory lists F Thompson at 204 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Thompson there as the householder, a carpenter.

In 1940 the directory lists F B S Thompson at 1056 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frederick B S Thompson there as the householder, a carpenter, with Grace B Thompson. In 1940 the directory lists A E Thompson at 2505 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert E Thompson there as the householder, a warehouseman at CP Express.

The 1940 name section lists M Thompson at 2580 West 8th Avenue, a longshoreman. L N Thompson is listed at 2725 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Lorne N Thompson there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver, with John M Thompson, an accountant.

N N Thompson is listed at 2890 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Neil N Thompson there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver. The 1940 name section lists Elmer S Thompson at 3285 West 8th Avenue, an artist at the Pacific Mills. The 1940 name section lists Joseph O Thompson at 4402 West 8th Avenue, a registrar at the Vocational Service.

Today

2580 West 8th, 2890 West 8th, 3285 West 8th and 4402 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946; 124 West 8th (1969), 2505 West 8th (2006) and 2725 West 8th (1995) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 204 West 8th and 1056 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 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.