A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Thomsons
In the city directories 1940 · 182 addresses on 120 streets
The directories print the Thomson name at 182 addresses on 120 streets in 1940, in 21 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings Thomason and Thomasson. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Thomsons lived
- Downtown22 addresses
- Mount Pleasant20 addresses
- Kitsilano16 addresses
- Fairview13 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage12 addresses
- Riley Park12 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland10 addresses
- Sunset10 addresses
- West Point Grey10 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands9 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood8 addresses
- West End8 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise7 addresses
- Kerrisdale7 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge4 addresses
- South Cambie4 addresses
- Shaughnessy3 addresses
- Strathcona3 addresses
- Oakridge2 addresses
- Marpole1 address
- Victoria-Fraserview1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1West 11th AvenueFive addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kitsilano; seven people: D McL Thomason, E A Thomson and W W Thomson, and four more1940
- 2West 12th AvenueFive addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; seven people: G W Thomson, J A Thomson and J J Thomson, and four more1940
- 3West 8th AvenueFive addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; nine people: D Thomson, J B Thomson and J Thomson, and six more1940
- 4West Hastings StreetFour addresses in Downtown; five people: Mrs K Thomson, D T Thomson and James Thomson, and two more1940
- 5Davie StreetThree addresses in Downtown; three people: S Thomson, Benjamin Thomson and E Thomson1940
- 6East 11th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; five people: A S Thomson, J G Thomson and Alex A Thomson, and two more1940
- 7East 21st AvenueThree addresses in Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; five people: E Thomson, J E Thomson and J Thomson, and two more1940
- 8East 23rd AvenueThree addresses in Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; nine people: A Thomson, Mrs R Thomson and W C Thomson, and six more1940
- 9Fraser StreetThree addresses in Riley Park and Sunset; three people: A Thomson, R D Thomson and Mrs M Thomson1940
- 10West 15th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; five people: J A Thomson, Doug T Thomson and Isabella A Thomson, and two more1940
- 11West 20th AvenueThree addresses in South Cambie; four people: J Thomson, J C Thomson and W Thomson, and one more1940
- 12West Georgia StreetThree addresses in Downtown; three people: J W Thomson, David Thomson and Miss A Thomson1940
108 more streets, by name: Adanac Street (1), Adera Street (2), Alder Street (1), Alma Street (1), Angus Drive (2), Barclay Street (1), Birch Street (1), Bute Street (1), Cardero Street (1), Carnarvon Street (1), Carolina Street (1), Chester Street (1), Cornwall Avenue (1), Crown Crescent (1), Dumfries Street (1), Dunbar Street (2), Dundee Street (1), Dunsmuir Street (1), East 10th Avenue (2), East 12th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (2), East 16th Avenue (1), East 17th Avenue (2), East 18th Avenue (1), East 19th Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (2), East 27th Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (2), East 37th Avenue (1), East 39th Avenue (1), East 40th Avenue (1), East 41st Avenue (1), East 43rd Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 51st Avenue (1), East 54th Avenue (1), East 55th Avenue (2), East 5th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (2), East 7th Avenue (2), East 8th Avenue (1), East Broadway (2), East Georgia Street (1), East Hastings Street (1), East Pender Street (1), Eton Street (1), Franklin Street (2), Glen Drive (1), Granville Street (1), Haro Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Helmcken Street (1), Homer Street (2), Howe Street (1), James Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Laburnum Street (1), Lanark Street (1), Lancaster Street (1), Main Street (1), Marguerite Street (1), Napier Street (2), Nelson Street (2), Odlum Drive (2), Ormidale Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Park Drive (1), Parker Street (1), Prince Edward Street (2), Quebec Street (1), Rhodes Street (1), Richards Street (1), Robson Street (1), Semlin Drive (1), Sherbrooke Street (2), Trinity Street (1), Vine Street (1), Walnut Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (2), West 14th Avenue (2), West 16th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (2), West 1st Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (2), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (2), West 35th Avenue (2), West 36th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 39th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 47th Avenue (1), West 48th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 52nd Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (2), West 6th Avenue (2), West 7th Avenue (2), West 9th Avenue (1), West Broadway (2), West Cordova Street (1), West Pender Street (3), Windsor Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 182 addresses, 69 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 43 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 69; each street's page names them.
The book of the Thomsons
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The family book reads the Thomson 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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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under T. Want a name removed? Tell us.