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A family name on West 6th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Thomases

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Thomas at five addresses in 1940, all on West 6th Avenue, with the close spelling Thoms. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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

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

    352 West 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • F J Thomas, retired 1940
    • Grace M E Thomas, a saleswoman at McDonald's Fine Chocolates 1940

    Next door in 1940: F L Wong at 350 and Miss M Zacklan at 364. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1000 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs E Thomas 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Cabins” at 1024. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2027 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G Thomas, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Diamond at 2015 and J Tynan at 2055. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2242 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • David Thomas, a miner 1940
    • Nancy Thomas, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Carruthers at 2234 and J Timmons at 2248. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3611 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J A Thomas, a groundsman at the Jericho Country Club 1940
    • George Thomas 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Robinson at 3619. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a saleswoman (2), a groundsman, a miner and a painter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3), Fairview and Mount Pleasant. 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 F J Thomas at 352 West 6th Avenue; 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 Frederick J Thomas there as the householder, retired, with Grace M E Thomas, a saleswoman at McDonald's Fine Chocolates. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Thomas at 1000 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Evelyn Thomas there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists G Thomas at 2027 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George Thomas there as the householder, a painter. The 1940 name section lists David Thomas at 2242 West 6th Avenue, a miner, with Nancy Thomas, a saleswoman.

J A Thomas is listed at 3611 West 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John A Thomas there as the householder, a groundsman at the Jericho Country Club, with George Thomas.

Today

3611 West 6th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 352 West 6th, 1000 West 6th and 2242 West 6th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 2027 West 6th, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 12 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.