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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Jewsons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Jewson 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 Jewsons 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

    1837 Frances Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J F Jewson, a laborer 1940
    • William C Jewson, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Johnson at 1835 and C H Lutz at 1839. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2928 Grant Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • F W Jewson 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Kelton at 2924 and S B Finnie at 2932. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1109 Pacific Street

    West End, 1940

    • George Jewson, a janitor at the Dunsmuir Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Lyle at 1105 and H W Mackey at 1121. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a laborer (2) and a janitor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise 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 J F Jewson at 1837 Frances Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John F Jewson there as the householder, a laborer, with William C Jewson, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists F W Jewson at 2928 Grant Street. The 1940 name section lists Frederick W Jewson there as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists George Jewson at 1109 Pacific Street, a janitor at the Dunsmuir Hotel.

Today

2928 Grant (2003) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1837 Frances and 1109 Pacific, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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.