A family name on William Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Thompsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Thompson at two addresses in 1940, all on William Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
1598 William Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- A S Thompson 1940
- Gerald S Thompson, a salesman at Standard Oil 1940
Next door in 1940: W Rutherford at 1582. The block, door by door
- 2
2022 William Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- W W Thompson, a steward at Canadian Pacific Steamships 1940
- Ken Thompson, a messenger at the Sun 1940
Next door in 1940: J F Atkinson at 2012 and A F Houghton at 2026. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a messenger, a salesman and a steward.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (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 A S Thompson at 1598 William Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Arthur S Thompson there as the householder, with Gerald S Thompson, a salesman at Standard Oil. In 1940 the directory lists W W Thompson at 2022 William Street; 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 Walter W Thompson there as the householder, a steward at Canadian Pacific Steamships, with Ken Thompson, a messenger at the Sun.
Today
2022 William still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1598 William, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Thompson A S1598 William, p. 167
- Thompson Arth S1598 William, p. 608
- Thompson Gerald S slsmn Standard Oil1598 William, p. 609
- *Thompson W W2022 William, p. 168
- Thompson Ken msngr Sun2022 William, p. 609
- Thompson Walter W steward CPSS2022 William, 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.