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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Thomsens

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at seven addresses

The directories print ten people named Thomsen at seven addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Thomassen. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Thomsens at 4039 Alice in 1940.

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Where the Thomsens lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1949 Adanac Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Torvald Thomassen, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C M Kerr at 1947 and Mrs D Gill at 1963. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4039 Alice Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • O E Thomassen, a fisherman 1940
    • Christian B Thomassen, a fisherman 1940
    • Rolf O Thomassen, a student 1940
    • Thorsten M Thomassen, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A M Gillis at 4031 and W H Hughes at 4047. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4409 Angus Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Malfrid I Thomassen, a maid for Mrs H C Gustafson 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Baillie at 4429. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2617 East 21st Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • V B Thomsen, a green chainman at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Hunter at 2613 and A Ryckman at 2661. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    432 East 36th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • C V A Thomsen, an electrician 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Mackenzie at 424 and J F Campbell at 440. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2206 Kitchener Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Thomas H Thomasen, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: R M Burns at 2212. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    837 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Thomsen 1940

    Next door in 1940: V E K Weldie at 833. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the ten: a fisherman (4), an electrician, a green chainman, a maid and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Downtown, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Renfrew-Collingwood, Riley Park 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Torvald Thomassen at 1949 Adanac Street, a fisherman. O E Thomassen is listed at 4039 Alice Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ole E Thomassen there as the householder, a fisherman, with Christian B Thomassen, a fisherman, Rolf O Thomassen, a student, and Thorsten M Thomassen, a fisherman. The 1940 name section lists Malfrid I Thomassen at 4409 Angus Drive, a maid for Mrs H C Gustafson.

In 1940 the directory lists V B Thomsen at 2617 East 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Viggo B Thomsen there as the householder, a green chainman at Canadian White Pine. In 1940 the directory lists C V A Thomsen at 432 East 36th 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 lists Chris V A Thomsen there as the householder, an electrician.

The 1940 name section lists Thomas H Thomasen at 2206 Kitchener Street, a salesman. The 1940 name section lists Thomsen at 837 West Hastings Street.

Today

1949 Adanac, 4409 Angus Drive and 2206 Kitchener still have their buildings from before 1946; 4039 Alice (2001), 2617 East 21st (1974), 432 East 36th (1968) and 837 West Hastings (1998) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 13 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Thomsens

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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.