A family name on William Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Jacksons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Jackson at two addresses in 1940, all on William Street. 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 115 other streets too, all listed on the Jackson name's own page.
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Where the Jacksons lived
- 1
2517 William Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- E R Jackson, an auditor at the Workmens Compensation Board 1940
Next door in 1940: L Olsen at 2529. The block, door by door
- 2
2697 William Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- R E Jackson, a clerk at the BC Government 1940
Next door in 1940: C Kemp at 2691. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an auditor and a clerk.
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 E R Jackson at 2517 William Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ellis R Jackson there as the householder, an auditor at the Workmens Compensation Board. In 1940 the directory lists R E Jackson at 2697 William 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 lists Reginald E Jackson there as the householder, a clerk at the BC Government.
Today
2517 William and 2697 William still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Jackson E R2517 William, p. 168
- Jackson Ellis R aud Workmens Comp Bd2517 William, p. 298
- *Jackson R E2697 William, p. 168
- Jackson Regd E clk BC Govt2697 William, p. 299
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.