A family name on East 10th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Thomsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Thomson at two addresses in 1940, all on East 10th Avenue, 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 most under one roof: three Thomsons at 1830 East 10th in 1940. 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
Pleasant
- 1
344 East 10th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- F W Thomson Jr, a plumber 1940
Next door in 1940: Parker D B at 340 and Mrs P Parker at 348. The block, door by door
- 2
1830 East 10th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- J F Thomson, a member at the Board of Industrial Relations 1940
- Albert Thomson, a mechanic at Shurly Dietrich Atkins 1940
- George L Thomson, a laborer at Pacific Bolt 1940
Next door in 1940: W M Tipping at 1824 and B Stiles at 1840. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a laborer, a mechanic, a member and a plumber.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 W Thomson Jr at 344 East 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists F W Thomson there as the householder, a plumber. In 1940 the directory lists J F Thomson at 1830 East 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists James F Thomson there as the householder, a member at the Board of Industrial Relations, with Albert Thomson, a mechanic at Shurly Dietrich Atkins, and George L Thomson, a laborer at Pacific Bolt.
Today
The City no longer lists 344 East 10th and 1830 East 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Thomson F W Jr344 East 10th, p. 197
- Thomson F W plmbr344 East 10th, p. 610
- Thomson J F1830 East 10th, p. 198
- Thomson Albt mech Shurly Dietrich Atkins1830 East 10th, p. 610
- Thomson Geo L lab Pac Bolt1830 East 10th, p. 611
- Thomson Jas F member Bd of Industrial Relations BC Govt1830 East 10th, 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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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.