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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

The Thomases

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Thomas at three addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street, with the close spelling Thoms. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    718 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H E Thomas, a dentist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Birks H & Sons (BC) Ltd at 710 and scott's cafe at 722. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1155 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Sid Thomas, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Bank of Montreal at 1149 and W Bailey at 1157. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2031 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • C Thomas, a cabinetmaker 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Widdess at 2027 and C A Faris at 2033. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a cabinetmaker and a miner.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2) and Fairview. 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 H E Thomas, a dentist, at 718 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Sid Thomas at 1155 Granville Street, a miner. In 1940 the directory lists C Thomas at 2031 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Carl Thomas there as the householder, a cabinetmaker.

Today

1155 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 718 Granville and 2031 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 2031 Granville: no archive photo of the 2000 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Thomases

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.