A family name on Burrard Street, Downtown, West End, Fairview and Kitsilano
The Joneses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Jones at four addresses in 1940, all on Burrard Street, with the close spelling Joness. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 176 other streets too, all listed on the Jones name's own page.
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Where the Joneses lived
- 1
541 Burrard Street
Downtown, 1940
- Thomas Jones 1940
Next door in 1940: C H Trip at 539 and bralco ltd at 555. The block, door by door
- 2
552 Burrard Street
Downtown, 1940
- Jones 1940
Next door in 1940: W L Howie at 544 and Horsman E B & Son at 562. The block, door by door
- 3
1193 Burrard Street
Downtown, 1940
- J Jones, a maintenance man at Woodward's 1940
Next door in 1940: W Pattinson at 1191 and Cunningham Drug Stores at 1195. The block, door by door
- 4
2003 Burrard Street
Fairview, 1940
- David Jones, a gardener 1940
Next door in 1940: A C Stevenson at 2005. The block, door by door
The story, address by address
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas Jones at 541 Burrard Street. The 1940 name section lists Jones at 552 Burrard Street. In 1940 the directory lists J Jones at 1193 Burrard Street. The 1940 name section lists John Jones there as the householder, a maintenance man at Woodward's.
The 1940 name section lists David Jones at 2003 Burrard Street, a gardener.
Today
The City no longer lists 541 Burrard, 552 Burrard, 1193 Burrard and 2003 Burrard, so those buildings are 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.
- Jones Thos541 Burrard, p. 311
- Jones —552 Burrard, p. 309
- Jones J1193 Burrard, p. 22
- Jones John maintenance mn Woodwards1193 Burrard, p. 310
- Jones David gdnr2003 Burrard, p. 310
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Joneses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Jones name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.