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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Tomasos

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Tomaso at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Tomasos at 708 Hawks in 1940.

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Where the Tomasos 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

    708 Hawks Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • N D Tomaso, a trackman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Antonio Tomaso, a cabinetmaker 1940
    • Mrs Marian Tomaso, proprietor of Georgia Confectionery 1940

    Next door in 1940: E De Julius at 712. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    53 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Tomas (no first name printed), retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Pierre Paris at 51 and Standard Electric & Radio Ltd at 55. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a cabinetmaker, a proprietor and a trackman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown and Strathcona. 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 N D Tomaso at 708 Hawks 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 Nick D Tomaso there as the householder, a trackman at the BC Electric Railway, with Antonio Tomaso, a cabinetmaker, and Mrs Marian Tomaso, proprietor of Georgia Confectionery. The 1940 name section lists Tomas (no first name printed) at 53 West Hastings Street, retired.

Today

708 Hawks and 53 West Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Tomasos

Every directory, as one book

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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.