A family name on Franklin Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
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 Franklin 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
2662 Franklin Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Miss J J Thomson 1940
- Jean J Thomson 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss A L Schwahn at 2656 and H J Curry at 2668. The block, door by door
- 2
2777 Franklin Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- R C Thomson, a patternmaker at BC Marine 1940
- Hazel M Thomson 1940
Next door in 1940: G J Jones at 2771 and K Quiney at 2787. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a patternmaker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (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 Miss J J Thomson at 2662 Franklin Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Jean J Thomson there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists R C Thomson at 2777 Franklin Street. The 1940 name section lists Robert C Thomson there as the householder, a patternmaker at BC Marine, with Hazel M Thomson.
Today
2662 Franklin (1982) and 2777 Franklin (1978) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Thomson Miss J J2662 Franklin, p. 52
- Thomson Jean J2662 Franklin, p. 611
- Thomson R C2777 Franklin, p. 52
- Thomson Hazel M2777 Franklin, p. 611
- Thomson Robt C ptrnmkr BC Marine2777 Franklin, 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.