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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Joneses

In the city directories 1940 · 378 addresses on 177 streets

The directories print the Jones name at 378 addresses on 177 streets in 1940, in 22 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Joness. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Joneses lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Kitsilano43 addresses
  2. Downtown40 addresses
  3. Kensington-Cedar Cottage39 addresses
  4. West End36 addresses
  5. Fairview33 addresses
  6. Mount Pleasant23 addresses
  7. Dunbar-Southlands18 addresses
  8. Hastings-Sunrise17 addresses
  9. Renfrew-Collingwood17 addresses
  10. Strathcona16 addresses
  11. Grandview-Woodland14 addresses
  12. Sunset13 addresses
  13. West Point Grey13 addresses
  14. Riley Park12 addresses
  15. Arbutus Ridge8 addresses
  16. Marpole8 addresses
  17. Victoria-Fraserview8 addresses
  18. South Cambie7 addresses
  19. Kerrisdale6 addresses
  20. Shaughnessy5 addresses
  21. Killarney1 address
  22. Oakridge1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    West 11th AvenueEleven addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; 18 people: G R Jones, H B Jones, J Jones and 15 more
    1940
  2. 2
    West 12th AvenueNine addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; twelve people: E R Jones, J H Jones, J W R Jones and nine more
    1940
  3. 3
    West 5th AvenueSeven addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; eleven people: A E Jones, I S Jones, J A Jones and eight more
    1940
  4. 4
    West 8th AvenueSeven addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; eleven people: A E Jones, E Jones, J B Jones and eight more
    1940
  5. 5
    Commercial StreetSix addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; twelve people: A W Jones, E S Jones, H V Jones and nine more
    1940
  6. 6
    East 11th AvenueSix addresses in Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood; nine people: F A Jones, H E Jones, J H Jones and six more
    1940
  7. 7
    Granville StreetSix addresses in Downtown and Fairview; six people: J A Jones, A Jones, Casey Jones and three more
    1940
  8. 8
    Nelson StreetSix addresses in West End; eleven people: A H Jones, Mrs I A Joness, S E Jones and eight more
    1940
  9. 9
    West 14th AvenueSix addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; eight people: H F Jones, I Jones, W Jones and five more
    1940
  10. 10
    West 15th AvenueSix addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and Kitsilano; seven people: Dr J H Jones, F M Jones, J A Jones and four more
    1940
  11. 11
    West 18th AvenueFive addresses in Riley Park, South Cambie and Dunbar-Southlands; nine people: L A Jones, Mrs E E Jones, Arthur W Jones and six more
    1940
  12. 12
    West 37th AvenueFive addresses in Shaughnessy, Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands; ten people: H Jones, D T Jones, J F Jones and seven more
    1940

165 more streets, by name: Abbott Street (3), Adanac Street (1), Alberni Street (3), Alexander Street (1), Arbutus Street (1), Barclay Street (3), Beatrice Street (1), Brock Street (1), Broughton Street (3), Burrard Street (4), Bute Street (1), Butler Street (1), Cambridge Street (1), Cartier Street (2), Charles Street (1), Chilco Street (1), Churchill Street (1), Collingwood Street (1), Commercial Drive (1), Comox Street (4), Connaught Drive (1), Culloden Street (1), Cypress Street (2), Davie Street (2), Denman Street (1), Dumfries Street (3), East 10th Avenue (2), East 12th Avenue (3), East 15th Avenue (2), East 18th Avenue (2), East 20th Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (3), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (3), East 28th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 30th Avenue (1), East 32nd Avenue (1), East 33rd Avenue (1), East 35th Avenue (1), East 37th Avenue (2), East 38th Avenue (2), East 39th Avenue (2), East 3rd Avenue (2), East 41st Avenue (2), East 45th Avenue (2), East 46th Avenue (1), East 48th Avenue (1), East 49th Avenue (1), East 50th Avenue (2), East 55th Avenue (1), East 56th Avenue (1), East 57th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 61st Avenue (1), East 62nd Avenue (1), East 64th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (4), East 8th Avenue (2), East Broadway (4), East Cordova Street (2), East Georgia Street (3), East Hastings Street (4), East Pender Street (3), Eton Street (1), Franklin Street (2), Fraser Street (1), Gladstone Street (1), Glen Drive (3), Graveley Street (2), Haro Street (2), Harwood Street (1), Heather Street (3), Helmcken Street (2), Highgate Street (1), Homer Street (3), Hornby Street (3), Howe Street (3), Hoy Street (1), Hudson Street (2), Jervis Street (1), John Street (1), Joyce Street (1), Kaslo Street (1), Keith Drive (1), Kingsway (4), Kitchener Street (4), Knight Street (1), Langara Avenue (1), Laurel Street (1), Macdonald Street (1), Main Street (2), Manor Street (1), Maple Street (1), Miller Street (1), Nanaimo Street (3), Ontario Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Pendrell Street (3), Pine Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Powell Street (4), Prince Albert Street (1), Prince Edward Street (1), Prior Street (1), Puget Drive (1), Rae Avenue (1), Renfrew Street (1), Richards Street (2), Robson Street (2), Seymour Street (2), Sherbrooke Street (3), Slocan Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Trafalgar Street (2), Trimble Street (1), Triumph Street (1), Union Street (1), Vanness Avenue (2), Venables Street (1), Victoria Drive (4), Vine Street (1), Walnut Street (1), Water Street (1), Waterloo Street (1), West 10th Avenue (3), West 13th Avenue (4), West 16th Avenue (4), West 17th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (3), West 20th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (4), West 24th Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (2), West 27th Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (2), West 2nd Avenue (4), West 30th Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (2), West 41st Avenue (2), West 44th Avenue (2), West 4th Avenue (4), West 52nd Avenue (1), West 59th Avenue (1), West 61st Avenue (1), West 68th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (4), West 70th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (5), West 9th Avenue (2), West Broadway (3), West Cordova Street (3), West Georgia Street (5), West Pender Street (4), William Street (2), Willow Street (1), Yew Street (1), Yukon Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 378 addresses, 133 still have their buildings from before 1946, two have buildings standing whose year the City doesn't record, 86 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 157; each street's page names them.

The book of the Joneses

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under J. Want a name removed? Tell us.