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A family name on Commercial Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview

The Joneses

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at six addresses

The directories print twelve people named Jones at six addresses in 1940, all on Commercial 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 most under one roof: four Joneses at 3894 Commercial in 1940. 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Three addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    3503 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A W Jones, a sign writer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Le May at 3505. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3591 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Leland S Jones, a porter at the CPR 1940
    • Silas L Jones, a tailor 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Musto at 3589 and W A Parish at 3593. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3894 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H V Jones, a bricklayer 1940
    • Mrs A E Jones, a dry goods and confectioner 1940
    • B Irene Jones 1940
    • Myfanwy T Jones, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J P Lester at 3868. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4379 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J O Jones 1940
    • Arthur Jones, a sign writer at Clay Signs 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Graham at 4371 and W Rostron at 4387. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4448 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • L C Jones, a driver at Ellison Milling 1940

    Next door in 1940: C S Smith at 4438 and R Moscrop at 4458. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    5397 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • E S Jones, a carpenter 1940
    • H Eiddwen Jones, a missionary 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Emslie at 5389. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for ten of the twelve: a sign writer (2), a bricklayer, a carpenter, a driver, a dry goods and confectioner and a missionary, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (6). 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 A W Jones, a sign writer, at 3503 Commercial Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alvin W Jones there as the householder, a sign writer. The 1940 name section lists Leland S Jones at 3591 Commercial Street, a porter at the CPR, with Silas L Jones, a tailor.

Mrs A E Jones, in dry goods, is listed at 3894 Commercial Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). In 1940 the listing there is H V Jones; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry V Jones there as the householder, a bricklayer, with Mrs Amy E Jones, a dry goods and confectioner, B Irene Jones, and Myfanwy T Jones, a stenographer.

In 1940 the directory lists J O Jones at 4379 Commercial Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John O Jones there as the householder, with Arthur Jones, a sign writer at Clay Signs. In 1940 the directory lists L C Jones at 4448 Commercial Street. The 1940 name section lists Leslie C Jones there as the householder, a driver at Ellison Milling.

In 1940 the directory lists E S Jones at 5397 Commercial Street. The 1940 name section lists Edward S Jones there as the householder, a carpenter, with H Eiddwen Jones, a missionary.

Today

3894 Commercial and 4379 Commercial still have their buildings from before 1946; 4448 Commercial (2021) and 5397 Commercial (1984) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3503 Commercial and 3591 Commercial, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

The 3500 block of Commercial Street, looking north from 20th Avenue past the Bank of Hamilton
About 1913 The 3500 block of Commercial Street, looking north from 20th Avenue past the Bank of Hamilton. Not at the house at 3894 Commercial: no archive photo of the 3800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, LGN 504. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 18 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.