A family name on West Georgia Street, Downtown and West End
The Jacksons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Jackson at three addresses in 1940, all on West Georgia Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 115 other streets too, all listed on the Jackson name's own page.
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Where the Jacksons lived
- 1
1133 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- John J Jackson, a carpenter 1940
Next door in 1940: E Walker at 1129 and Gallery Van Art at 1145. The block, door by door
- 2
1163 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs Esther Jackson 1940
Next door in 1940: A Leslie at 1159 and E E Finch at 1167. The block, door by door
- 3
1241 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- John Jackson, a waiter at the St Regis Hotel 1940
- Violet Jackson, a maid at the Manitoba Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: Walmsley Motors at 1233 and Mrs M A Ferguson at 1259. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a carpenter, a maid and a waiter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (3). 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 John J Jackson at 1133 West Georgia Street, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Esther Jackson at 1163 West Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists John Jackson at 1241 West Georgia Street, a waiter at the St Regis Hotel, with Violet Jackson, a maid at the Manitoba Hotel.
Today
The City no longer lists 1133 West Georgia, 1163 West Georgia and 1241 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Jackson John J carp1133 West Georgia, p. 298
- Jackson Mrs Esther1163 West Georgia, p. 298
- Jackson John waiter St Regis Hotel1241 West Georgia, p. 298
- Jackson Violet maid Manitoba Hotel1241 West Georgia, p. 299
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Jacksons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Jackson 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 J. Want a name removed? Tell us.