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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

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 West 11th 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 1428 West 11th 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

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

    1428 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • E A Thomas 1940
    • Margaret M Thomas, of Boulevarde Shop 1940
    • Wynona E Thomas, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: W W Elder at 1422 and R J Hamilton at 1436. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4254 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mary Thomas 1940

    Next door in 1940: S B Henderson at 4248 and T W Lorimer at 4258. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a clerk.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview and West Point Grey. 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 E A Thomas at 1428 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Emery A Thomas there as the householder, with Margaret M Thomas, of Boulevarde Shop, and Wynona E Thomas, a clerk. The 1940 name section lists Mary Thomas at 4254 West 11th Avenue.

Today

4254 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1428 West 11th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.