A family name on West 42nd Avenue, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Dunbar-Southlands
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 West 42nd 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 directories print the name on 126 other streets too, all listed on the Thomas name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Thomases lived
- 1
2726 West 42nd Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- David E Thomas 1940
Next door in 1940: J L Christie at 2716 and D W Willson at 2736. The block, door by door
- 2
What they did
One is a widow, listed under her own name.
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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists David E Thomas at 2726 West 42nd Avenue. Mrs G F Thomas is listed at 2904 West 42nd Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Gladys F Thomas there as the householder, widow of I, with Hugh O Thomas.
Today
2726 West 42nd (1993) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2904 West 42nd, so that building is 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 David E of 12th & Maple Serv Sta2726 West 42nd, p. 607
- *Thomas Mrs G F2904 West 42nd, p. 259
- Thomas Gladys F wid I2904 West 42nd, p. 607
- Thomas Hugh O2904 West 42nd, p. 607
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.