A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Loomers
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Loomer at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Lomer. 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 Loomers lived
- 1
4308 Collingwood Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- W R Lomer, a clerk at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: C Butcher at 4320. The block, door by door
- 2
8233 Hudson Street
Marpole, 1940
- C T Loomer, a warehouseman at CP Express 1940
Next door in 1940: T Barnes at 8219 and H McGhee at 8279. The block, door by door
- 3
7899 Victoria Drive
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- A M Loomer, a gardener 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Cocker at 7811. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a clerk, a gardener and a warehouseman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Marpole and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 R Lomer at 4308 Collingwood 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, where each person's work is printed, lists W Reginald Lomer there as the householder, a clerk at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists C T Loomer at 8233 Hudson Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles T Loomer there as the householder, a warehouseman at CP Express.
In 1940 the directory lists A M Loomer at 7899 Victoria Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Andrew M Loomer there as the householder, a gardener.
Today
4308 Collingwood and 8233 Hudson still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 7899 Victoria Drive, 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.
- *Lomer W R4308 Collingwood, p. 32
- Lomer W Regd clk Van City4308 Collingwood, p. 354
- *Loomer C T8233 Hudson, p. 89
- Loomer Chas T whsmn CP Exp8233 Hudson, p. 355
- *Loomer A M7899 Victoria Drive, p. 163
- Loomer Andw M gdnr7899 Victoria Drive, p. 355
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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.