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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Jexes

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Jex at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Jexes 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

    2033 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • F Jex, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R Haras at 2025 and W F Cleator at 2045. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    325 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Eileen Jex, a maid for W D Kennedy 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss F A McPherson at 315 and S Cassells at 335. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2186 William Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H E Jex 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Shaw at 2154 and Mrs M Worley at 2196. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a maid and a miner.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 F Jex at 2033 Franklin Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Fred Jex there as the householder, a miner. The 1940 name section lists Eileen Jex at 325 West 11th Avenue, a maid for W D Kennedy.

H E Jex is listed at 2186 William Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harry E Jex there as the householder.

Today

325 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2186 William (2015) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2033 Franklin, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Jexes

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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.