Vancouver / Names / J / Jacques

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Jacqueses

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at seven addresses

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

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Jacqueses lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1318 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • John W Jacques, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Luton at 1310 and T Wilkinson at 1320. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2155 East 42nd Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • F B Jacques, an accountant 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Ravenhill at 2145 and E R Flewwelling at 2175. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3116 East 4th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • T H Jacques, an electrician 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Hume at 3102 and W W Telford at 3122. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1431 East 7th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • S E Jacques, a salesman at Safeway 1940
    • Ernest W Jacques 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Leese at 1441. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2017 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs C Jacques, widow of J 1940
    • Robert Jacques, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Sidney at 2013 and R K Lee at 2031. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2277 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Alan Jacques, a warehouseman at BC Feed & Egg 1940

    Next door in 1940: E G Cox at 2273 and Mrs E Wilkinson at 2285. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1419 West 71st Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • George Jacques, a packer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Wilson at 1407 and H W G Harrison at 1431. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the nine: an accountant, an electrician, an on active service, a packer, a salesman and a warehouseman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Marpole and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 W Jacques at 1318 Burrard Street as the householder, on active service. F B Jacques is listed at 2155 East 42nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frederick B Jacques there as the householder, an accountant.

T H Jacques is listed at 3116 East 4th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas H Jacques there as the householder, an electrician. S E Jacques is listed at 1431 East 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Sid E Jacques there as the householder, a salesman at Safeway, with Ernest W Jacques.

Mrs C Jacques is listed at 2017 West 1st Avenue 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 Cath Jacques there as the householder, widow of J, with Robert Jacques, a student. The 1940 name section lists Alan Jacques at 2277 West 3rd Avenue, a warehouseman at BC Feed & Egg. The 1940 name section lists George Jacques at 1419 West 71st Avenue, a packer.

Today

2155 East 42nd (1991) and 1431 East 7th (1970) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1318 Burrard, 3116 East 4th, 2017 West 1st, 2277 West 3rd and 1419 West 71st, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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 Jacqueses

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Jacques 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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

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.