Vancouver / Names / T / Thomson / East 11th Avenue

A family name on East 11th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Thomsons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Thomson at three addresses in 1940, all on East 11th Avenue, with the close spellings Thomason and Thomasson. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Thomsons at 756 East 11th in 1940. The directories print the name on 119 other streets too, all listed on the Thomson name's own page.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Thomsons lived

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

    756 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J G Thomson, a painter 1940
    • Dorothy J Thomson, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
    • Gordon Thomson, a doorman at the Vic Theatre 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Somerville at 748 and W H Ness at 768. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1121 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A S Thomson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J F Shuttleton at 1137. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1605 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Alex A Thomson, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: D P Moir at 1603 and W M Kay at 1619. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a doorman, a driver, an operator and a painter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 J G Thomson at 756 East 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James G Thomson there as the householder, a painter, with Dorothy J Thomson, an operator at the BC Telephone, and Gordon Thomson, a doorman at the Vic Theatre. In 1940 the directory lists A S Thomson at 1121 East 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Alick S Thomson there as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists Alex A Thomson at 1605 East 11th Avenue, a driver.

Today

756 East 11th and 1605 East 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1121 East 11th (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

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.