A family name on East 60th Avenue, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview
The Thomases
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Thomas at two addresses in 1940, all on East 60th Avenue, with the close spelling Thoms. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Thomases at 485 East 60th in 1940. The directories print the name on 126 other streets too, all listed on the Thomas name's own page.
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Where the Thomases lived
- 1
349 East 60th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- W S Thomas, a clerk at the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: F E Bowie at 365. The block, door by door
- 2
485 East 60th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- M R Thoms, proprietor of Ideal Shoe Rebuilder 1940
- Bernice Thoms, a hairdresser 1940
- Elmer S Thoms 1940
Next door in 1940: F B Taylor at 481. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk, a hairdresser and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Sunset (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 W S Thomas at 349 East 60th 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 S Thomas there as the householder, a clerk at the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists M R Thoms at 485 East 60th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Milton R Thoms there as the householder, proprietor of Ideal Shoe Rebuilder, with Bernice Thoms, a hairdresser, and Elmer S Thoms.
Today
349 East 60th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1917 by the City's record; 485 East 60th (1970) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Thomas W S349 East 60th, p. 270
- Thomas Wm S clk BC Tel349 East 60th, p. 608
- *Thoms M R485 East 60th, p. 270
- Thoms Bernice hairdrsr485 East 60th, p. 610
- Thoms Elmer S485 East 60th, p. 610
- Thoms Milton R prop Ideal Shoe Rebuilder485 East 60th, p. 610
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Thomases
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Thomas 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.