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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Jefferses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Jeffers at six addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Jefferis. 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 Jefferses 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

    1127 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Alice Jefferis 1940

    Next door in 1940: lorraine (the) apts at 1123 and Mrs H Simmonds at 1129. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1436 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Jefferis 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Shinnick at 1432 and H Hood at 1440. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1871 East 1st Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs H D Jeffers, widow of C I 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Cadenhead at 1855. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2864 East Georgia Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W J Jefferis, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries 1940
    • Eileen Jefferis 1940

    Next door in 1940: M T Hill at 2860 and J W Barclay at 2872. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1080 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Joseph Jeffers 1940

    Next door in 1940: P A Barlow at 1072 and A F Gowe at 1084. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3553 Triumph Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A C Jeffers, a watchman 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Horton at 3539 and E E Bond at 3559. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the seven: a salesman and a watchman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2), West End (2), Downtown and Grandview-Woodland. 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 Mrs Alice Jefferis at 1127 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section lists Jefferis at 1436 Comox Street. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs H D Jeffers at 1871 East 1st 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 lists Heather D Jeffers there as the householder, widow of C I.

In 1940 the directory lists W J Jefferis at 2864 East Georgia Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter J Jefferis there as the householder, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries, with Eileen Jefferis. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Jeffers at 1080 Howe Street.

A C Jeffers is listed at 3553 Triumph Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert C Jeffers there as the householder, a watchman.

Today

1871 East 1st, 2864 East Georgia and 3553 Triumph still have their buildings from before 1946; 1127 Barclay (1982) and 1080 Howe (1994) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1436 Comox, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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

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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.