A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Thorogoods
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Thorogood at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Thurgood. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Thorogoods lived
- 1
858 East 37th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W Thurgood, a mechanic 1940
Next door in 1940: W A McFarlane at 842 and Mrs A A K-FR-0591-L Birchenough at 866. The block, door by door
- 2
3034 East 5th Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- F Thorogood, a repairerman at the City of Vancouver 1940
- Gabriel Thorogood 1940
Next door in 1940: A Jarvinen at 3016 and Mrs M N Tuomi at 3040. The block, door by door
- 3
2084 Nanaimo Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- W J Thorogood, a jockey 1940
Next door in 1940: J Eluk at 2066. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a jockey, a mechanic and a repairerman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 W Thurgood at 858 East 37th 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 William Thurgood there as the householder, a mechanic. In 1940 the directory lists F Thorogood at 3034 East 5th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank Thorogood there as the householder, a repairerman at the City of Vancouver, with Gabriel Thorogood.
In 1940 the directory lists W J Thorogood at 2084 Nanaimo Street. The 1940 name section lists Walter J Thorogood there as the householder, a jockey.
Today
858 East 37th and 3034 East 5th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2084 Nanaimo (1973) 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.
- *Thurgood W858 East 37th, p. 253
- Thurgood Wm mech858 East 37th, p. 612
- *Thorogood F3034 East 5th, p. 184
- Thorogood Frank reprmn Van City3034 East 5th, p. 612
- Thorogood Gabriel3034 East 5th, p. 612
- Thorogood W J2084 Nanaimo, p. 116
- Thorogood Walter J jockey2084 Nanaimo, p. 612
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Thorogoods
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.