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A family name on East 23rd Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Thomsons

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at three addresses

The directories print nine people named Thomson at three addresses in 1940, all on East 23rd 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: four Thomsons at 1336 East 23rd 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    141 East 23rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • A Thomson, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Wigmore at 125 and H C Saunders at 155. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1336 East 23rd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs R Thomson, widow of G 1940
    • Gladys G Thomson 1940
    • Mary B Thomson, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940
    • Rose Thomson, a clerk at the Royal Bank 1940

    Next door in 1940: W M Bird at 1330 and J Kaye at 1382. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2078 East 23rd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W C Thomson, a hairdresser 1940
    • Florence M Thomson, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
    • Robert H Thomson, a salesman 1940
    • W Guy Thomson, a warehouseman at Slade & Stewart 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Bates at 2072 and J H Miller at 2084. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the nine: a clerk, a hairdresser, an on active service, an operator, a salesman and a saleswoman, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Riley Park. 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 A Thomson at 141 East 23rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alex Thomson there as the householder, on active service. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs R Thomson at 1336 East 23rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Rose Thomson there, widow of G, with Gladys G Thomson, Mary B Thomson, a saleswoman at Woodward's, and Rose Thomson, a clerk at the Royal Bank.

In 1940 the directory lists W C Thomson at 2078 East 23rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Walter C Thomson there as the householder, a hairdresser, with Florence M Thomson, an operator at the BC Telephone, Robert H Thomson, a salesman, and W Guy Thomson, a warehouseman at Slade & Stewart.

Today

141 East 23rd and 2078 East 23rd still have their buildings from before 1946; 1336 East 23rd (2014) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 12 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.