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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Jefferds

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Jefferd 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 Jefferds 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

    266 East 39th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • A E Jefferd, a driver at Johnston National Storage 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Vickers at 274. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1455 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs M Jefferd, widow of A 1940
    • Dorothy M Jefferd, a cataloguer at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Querry at 1445 and Mrs J Williams at 1471. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3491 West 36th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A H Jefferd, a chief clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Haddock at 3463. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a cataloguer, a chief clerk and a driver. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview and Riley Park. 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 A E Jefferd at 266 East 39th 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 Arthur E Jefferd there as the householder, a driver at Johnston National Storage. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Jefferd at 1455 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Jefferd there as the householder, widow of A, with Dorothy M Jefferd, a cataloguer at UBC.

In 1940 the directory lists A H Jefferd at 3491 West 36th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur H Jefferd there as the householder, a chief clerk at the BC Electric Railway.

Today

1455 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 266 East 39th (1977) and 3491 West 36th (1984) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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 J. Want a name removed? Tell us.