A family name on East 17th Avenue, Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Thomsons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Thomson at two addresses in 1940, all on East 17th 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 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
40 East 17th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- Ada A Thomson, widow of J 1940
Next door in 1940: C E Jackson at 28 and G O Sibbald at 60. The block, door by door
- 2
354 East 17th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- Mrs L E Thomson, widow of J 1940
Next door in 1940: J G Tarbox at 344 and J Lipscombe at 364. The block, door by door
What they did
Two are widows, listed under their own names.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Riley Park (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ada A Thomson at 40 East 17th Avenue, widow of J. Mrs L E Thomson is listed at 354 East 17th Avenue in 1940; 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 Lucy E Thomson there as the householder, widow of J.
Today
354 East 17th (1983) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 40 East 17th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Thomson Ada A wid J40 East 17th, p. 610
- *Thomson Mrs L E354 East 17th, p. 224
- Thomson Lucy E wid J354 East 17th, p. 611
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.