A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Thomases
In the city directories 1940 · 184 addresses on 127 streets
The directories print the Thomas name at 184 addresses on 127 streets in 1940, in 20 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Thoms. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Thomases lived
- West End24 addresses
- Downtown20 addresses
- Fairview18 addresses
- Kitsilano17 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland13 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage12 addresses
- Kerrisdale10 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands9 addresses
- Mount Pleasant9 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise8 addresses
- Marpole7 addresses
- West Point Grey7 addresses
- Riley Park6 addresses
- Strathcona6 addresses
- Shaughnessy5 addresses
- Sunset4 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview3 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
- South Cambie1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1West 6th AvenueFive addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and Kitsilano; eight people: F J Thomas, G Thomas and J A Thomas, and five more1940
- 2Bute StreetFour addresses in West End; five people: Alun E Thomas, Margaret N Thomas and Mrs Emma Thomas, and two more1940
- 3West 14th AvenueFour addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; five people: E Thomas, Mrs M P Thomas and Margaret L Thomas, and two more1940
- 4West 8th AvenueFour addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; six people: E Thomas, L E Thomas and Mrs H L Thomas, and three more1940
- 5East 16th AvenueThree addresses in Riley Park; five people: D Thomas, E Thomas and Mrs E Thomas, and two more1940
- 6Granville StreetThree addresses in Downtown and Fairview; three people: C Thomas, H E Thomas and Sid Thomas1940
- 7Pendrell StreetThree addresses in West End; four people: Mrs M E Thomas, A M Thomas and Ethel Thomas, and one more1940
- 8West 12th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview; four people: A E Thomas, H E Thomas and Gwen A Thomas, and one more1940
- 9West 13th AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; three people: F W B Thomas, J A Thomas and J W Thomas1940
- 10West 15th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; three people: D J Thomas, D J Thomas and L J Thomas1940
- 11West 16th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; five people: E W Thomas, Mrs M J Thomas and O E Thomas, and two more1940
- 12West Hastings StreetThree addresses in Downtown; three people: F L Thomas, E Thomas and John Thomas1940
115 more streets, by name: Abbott Street (1), Adanac Street (2), Alberni Street (2), Arbutus Street (1), Balaclava Street (1), Balsam Street (1), Barclay Street (2), Broughton Street (2), Bruce Street (2), Burrard Street (1), Camosun Street (1), Cardero Street (1), Charles Street (2), Clarendon Street (1), Clark Drive (1), Collingwood Street (1), Commercial Drive (1), Cornwall Avenue (2), Cypress Street (1), Davie Street (1), Denman Street (1), Dunsmuir Street (1), East 11th Avenue (2), East 12th Avenue (1), East 13th Avenue (2), East 15th Avenue (1), East 18th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (2), East 28th Avenue (1), East 39th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 49th Avenue (1), East 56th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (2), East 60th Avenue (2), East 62nd Avenue (1), East Georgia Street (1), East Hastings Street (1), East Pender Street (1), Franklin Street (1), Fraser Street (1), Fremlin Street (1), Gilford Street (1), Gore Avenue (1), Guelph Street (2), Haro Street (2), Harwood Street (1), Hemlock Street (1), Homer Street (2), Hornby Street (2), Howe Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Joyce Street (1), Keefer Street (1), Kingsway (1), Kitchener Street (1), Knight Street (1), Larch Street (1), Laurier Avenue (1), Mackenzie Street (1), Main Street (1), Maple Street (2), McGill Street (1), McLean Drive (1), Napier Street (2), Nelson Street (2), Nicola Street (1), Oak Street (1), Odlum Drive (1), Oxford Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Parker Street (1), Powell Street (1), Prince Edward Street (1), Richards Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Templeton Drive (1), Trafalgar Street (2), Trinity Street (1), Venables Street (1), Victoria Drive (2), Welwyn Street (1), West 11th Avenue (2), West 17th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 27th Avenue (2), West 29th Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (2), West 42nd Avenue (2), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 48th Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (1), West 51st Avenue (1), West 57th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 62nd Avenue (1), West 64th Avenue (1), West 68th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (2), West Broadway (1), West Cordova Street (1), West Georgia Street (2), West Pender Street (2), Windsor Street (1), Yew Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 184 addresses, 70 still have their buildings from before 1946, two have buildings standing whose year the City doesn't record, 43 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 69; each street's page names them.
The book of the Thomases
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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under T. Want a name removed? Tell us.