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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Jervises

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Jervis at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Jervises 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

    4332 Collingwood Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • G Jervis, a waiter at the CNR 1940
    • Mrs Audrey Jervis, proprietor of Top Notch Lunch 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Butcher at 4320 and W Oliver at 4344. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1212 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George Jervis, a janitor at the Bank of Nova Scotia 1940

    Next door in 1940: Apex Furn at 1210 and Baggage City at 1214. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1327 Napier Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A S Jervis, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: C C Hinds at 1309 and E Wallmark at 1331. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1209 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • E Jervis 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr J R Davidson at 1221. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    482 West 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • T J Jervis, a branch manager at Safeway Stores 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Middleton at 476. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a branch manager, a janitor, an on active service, a proprietor and a waiter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland, Riley Park and West End. 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 G Jervis at 4332 Collingwood 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, where each person's work is printed, lists George Jervis there as the householder, a waiter at the CNR, with Mrs Audrey Jervis, proprietor of Top Notch Lunch. The 1940 name section lists George Jervis at 1212 Granville Street, a janitor at the Bank of Nova Scotia.

A S Jervis is listed at 1327 Napier Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Arthur S Jervis there as the householder, on active service. E Jervis is listed at 1209 Thurlow Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Eric Jervis there as the householder.

T J Jervis is listed at 482 West 18th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas J Jervis there as the householder, a branch manager at Safeway Stores.

Today

4332 Collingwood, 1212 Granville and 1209 Thurlow still have their buildings from before 1946, 1209 Thurlow on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 482 West 18th (2018) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1327 Napier, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Mrs. Rose Ellen Mitchell in the snow outside a tent house at 29th Avenue and Collingwood Street
About 1915 Mrs. Rose Ellen Mitchell in the snow outside a tent house at 29th Avenue and Collingwood Street. Not at the house at 4332 Collingwood: no archive photo of the 4300 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, 2009-005.447. Public domain.

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, 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.