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A family name on Trafalgar Street, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale

The Thomases

In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses

The directories print five people named Thomas at two addresses in 1940, all on Trafalgar 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 most under one roof: four Thomases at 6008 Trafalgar 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. 1

    6008 Trafalgar Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • O W Thomas, a vice-president at McGregor Johnston & Thomas Ltd 1940
    • A Megan Thomas, a school teacher 1940
    • Megan Thomas, a teacher at Queen's Hall School 1940
    • Olwen E Thomas, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: A T Lowe at 6018. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6011 Trafalgar Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • C C Thomas, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Battle at 6005 and J H Willard at 6037. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a school teacher, a teacher and a vice-president.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale (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 O W Thomas at 6008 Trafalgar 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 Owen W Thomas there as the householder, a vice-president at McGregor Johnston & Thomas Ltd, with A Megan Thomas, a school teacher, Megan Thomas, a teacher at Queen's Hall School, and Olwen E Thomas, a student. In 1940 the directory lists C C Thomas at 6011 Trafalgar Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Clif C Thomas there as the householder, retired.

Today

6008 Trafalgar and 6011 Trafalgar still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 7 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.