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A family name on East 11th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Joneses

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named Jones at six addresses in 1940, all on East 11th Avenue, 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: three Joneses at 2556 East 11th 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

    738 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • F A Jones, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Ralph D Jones, a sub manager at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R Donald at 730 and D A McRae at 742. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1050 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs A Jones, widow of J R 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Enos at 1042 and O C Vaughan-Thomas at 1054. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1220 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • H E Jones, a baker at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: H W Coombs at 1214 and J M Cowan at 1240. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1803 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs M A Jones, widow of F W 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Pike at 1805. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1805 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • William F Jones, a coolerman at Burns & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Jones at 1803 and C H Murray at 1807. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2556 East 11th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J H Jones, a millworker at Hammond's 1940
    • Cath L Jones, a hairdresser 1940
    • John R Jones, a sheet metal worker 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Donald at 2552 and A Haines at 2588. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the nine: a baker, a coolerman, a hairdresser, a millworker, a motorman and a sheet metal worker, among others. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (3), Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 A Jones at 738 East 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank A Jones there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway, with Ralph D Jones, a sub manager at the Province. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A Jones at 1050 East 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Annie Jones there as the householder, widow of J R.

In 1940 the directory lists H E Jones at 1220 East 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry E Jones there as the householder, a baker at Spencer's. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M A Jones at 1803 East 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mary A Jones there as the householder, widow of F W.

The 1940 name section lists William F Jones at 1805 East 11th Avenue, a coolerman at Burns & Co. J H Jones is listed at 2556 East 11th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph H Jones there as the householder, a millworker at Hammond's, with Cath L Jones, a hairdresser, and John R Jones, a sheet metal worker.

Today

738 East 11th, 1220 East 11th, 1803 East 11th and 1805 East 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1050 East 11th (2016) and 2556 East 11th (1975) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 14 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.