A family name on West 34th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Thomsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Thomson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 34th 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
2474 West 34th Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- M S Thomson, a director at Thomson & Page 1940
Next door in 1940: R F Dubois-Phillips at 2450. The block, door by door
- 2
3757 West 34th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Rev W J Thomson, a pastor at the Dunbar Heights Baptist Church 1940
- Mary C Thomson, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: J P Kerr at 3741 and T W Greaves at 3775. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a director and a pastor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 M S Thomson at 2474 West 34th Avenue; 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 Melvin S Thomson there as the householder, a director at Thomson & Page. In 1940 the directory lists Rev W J Thomson at 3757 West 34th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Rev William J Thomson there as the householder, a pastor at the Dunbar Heights Baptist Church, with Mary C Thomson, a student.
Today
3757 West 34th (1990) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2474 West 34th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Thomson M S2474 West 34th, p. 250
- Thomson Melvin S dir Thomson & Page2474 West 34th, p. 611
- *Thomson Rev W J3757 West 34th, p. 250
- Thomson Mary C studt3757 West 34th, p. 611
- Thomson Rev Wm J pastor Dunbar Heights Baptist Ch3757 West 34th, 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.