A family name on West Hastings Street, Downtown
The Thomases
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Thomas at three addresses in 1940, all on West Hastings Street, 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
- 1
163 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- F L Thomas, an advertising agent 1940
Next door in 1940: Clarke B M Ltd at 159 and Copp The Shoe Man at 165. The block, door by door
- 2
198 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- E Thomas, a log operator 1940
Next door in 1940: Irish Can Club at 166. The block, door by door
- 3
624 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- John Thomas, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: T E Wilson at 622 and Strand Cigar Store at 626. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an advertising agent and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (3). 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 L Thomas, an advertising agent, at 163 West Hastings Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists F Leighton Thomas there, an advertising agent. In 1940 the directory lists E Thomas, a log operator, at 198 West Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists John Thomas at 624 West Hastings Street, a salesman.
Today
163 West Hastings and 198 West Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946, 198 West Hastings on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 624 West Hastings, 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 F L adv agt163 West Hastings, p. 76
- Thomas F Leighton adv agt163 West Hastings, p. 607
- Thomas E log opr198 West Hastings, p. 77
- Thomas John slsmn624 West Hastings, p. 608
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.