A family name on Dunbar Street, Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano
The Thomsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Thomson at two addresses in 1940, all on Dunbar Street, with the close spellings Thomason and Thomasson. 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 119 other streets too, all listed on the Thomson name's own page.
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Where the Thomsons lived
- 1
3480 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Mrs R Thomson, proprietor of Rose Beauty Shoppe 1940
Next door in 1940: P N Bridge at 3470 and Paramount Shoe Repr at 3482. The block, door by door
- 2
4292 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J L Thomson 1940
- Mrs Florence M Thomson, proprietor of Honey's Dress Shop 1940
Next door in 1940: Dairydale at 4290 and Mrs M W Sutherland at 4294. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a proprietor (2).
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs R Thomson at 3480 Dunbar Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Rhea Thomson there as the householder, proprietor of Rose Beauty Shoppe. In 1940 the directory lists J L Thomson at 4292 Dunbar Street. The 1940 name section lists John L Thomson there as the householder, with Mrs Florence M Thomson, proprietor of Honey's Dress Shop.
Today
The City no longer lists 3480 Dunbar and 4292 Dunbar, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Thomson Mrs R3480 Dunbar, p. 44
- Thomson Mrs Rhea prop Rose Beauty Shoppe3480 Dunbar, p. 611
- Thomson J L4292 Dunbar, p. 45
- Thomson Mrs Florence M prop Honey's Dress Shop4292 Dunbar, p. 610
- Thomson John L4292 Dunbar, p. 611
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Thomsons
Every directory, as one book
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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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.