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A family name on West 41st Avenue, Kerrisdale, Riley Park, Shaughnessy, Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands

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 West 41st 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 1415 West 41st 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

    1415 West 41st Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Dr M W Thomas, an executive secretary at the College of Physicians & Surgs 1940
    • Glen C Thomas, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940
    • Philip J Thomas, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A MacDonald at 1405 and Mrs S E Boger at 1427. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2973 West 41st Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • W L Thomas, a salesman 1940
    • Frank R Thomas 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Charles at 2963 and H P Scott at 2979. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: an executive secretary, a millworker and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale and Shaughnessy. 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 Dr M W Thomas at 1415 West 41st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Morris W Thomas there as the householder, an executive secretary at the College of Physicians & Surgs, with Glen C Thomas, a millworker at BC Plywoods, and Philip J Thomas, a student at UBC. In 1940 the directory lists W L Thomas at 2973 West 41st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Wilbur L Thomas there as the householder, a salesman, with Frank R Thomas.

Today

1415 West 41st and 2973 West 41st 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.