A family name on Guelph Street, Mount Pleasant
The Thomases
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Thomas at two addresses in 1940, all on Guelph Street, 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 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
2233 Guelph Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- George W Thomas, a miner 1940
Next door in 1940: C A Phillips at 2229. The block, door by door
- 2
2832 Guelph Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- S Thoms, retired 1940
- Don G Thoms, a clerk 1940
Next door in 1940: R T Begley at 2830 and W Lindsay at 2840. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and a miner.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George W Thomas at 2233 Guelph Street, a miner. S Thoms is listed at 2832 Guelph Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Stewart Thoms there as the householder, retired, with Don G Thoms, a clerk.
Today
The City no longer lists 2233 Guelph and 2832 Guelph, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Thomas Geo W miner2233 Guelph, p. 607
- Thoms S2832 Guelph, p. 70
- Thoms Don G clk2832 Guelph, p. 610
- Thoms Stewart retired2832 Guelph, p. 610
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.