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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Tomlins

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Tomlin at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Tomlins 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

    901 Jervis Street

    West End, 1940

    • Bessie Tomlin, a cashier 1940
    • Mabel B Tomlin, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Albutt at 909. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2486 Trinity Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • L G Tomlin, a mechanic at Canada Packers 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Gilligan at 2476 and G W Belknap at 2496. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4527 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • William E Tomlin, proprietor of the Heather Knitting Mills 1940

    Next door in 1940: C S Arkell at 4513 and R N Lea at 4533. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a cashier, a clerk, a mechanic and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, West End and West Point Grey. 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 Bessie Tomlin at 901 Jervis Street, a cashier, with Mabel B Tomlin, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal. L G Tomlin is listed at 2486 Trinity Street 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 Leslie G Tomlin there as the householder, a mechanic at Canada Packers. The 1940 name section lists William E Tomlin at 4527 West 13th Avenue, proprietor of the Heather Knitting Mills.

Today

2486 Trinity and 4527 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; 901 Jervis (1958) has a newer building, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Tomlins

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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.