A family name on East 22nd Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Joneses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Jones at three addresses in 1940, all on East 22nd 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 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
510 East 22nd Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- Mrs Nellie Jones, a housekeeper for J McNicol 1940
Next door in 1940: G Hunter at 500 and G A Pratt at 518. The block, door by door
- 2
1044 East 22nd Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- T Jones, a driver at Pony Express 1940
- Blodwen J Jones 1940
Next door in 1940: C H H Street at 1040 and C H Kersey at 1048. The block, door by door
- 3
1152 East 22nd Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- R Jones, a blacksmith 1940
Next door in 1940: H A Hamilton at 1136 and Miss E A Faunt at 1156. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a blacksmith, a driver and a housekeeper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Riley Park. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Nellie Jones at 510 East 22nd Avenue, a housekeeper for J McNicol. T Jones is listed at 1044 East 22nd Avenue 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). The 1940 name section lists Thomas Jones there as the householder, a driver at Pony Express, with Blodwen J Jones.
R Jones is listed at 1152 East 22nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Richard Jones there as the householder, a blacksmith.
Today
1152 East 22nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 1044 East 22nd (1986) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 510 East 22nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Jones Mrs Nellie hsekpr J McNicol510 East 22nd, p. 311
- *Jones T1044 East 22nd, p. 234
- Jones Blodwen J1044 East 22nd, p. 309
- Jones Thos drvr Pony Exp1044 East 22nd, p. 311
- *Jones R1152 East 22nd, p. 234
- Jones Richd blksmth1152 East 22nd, p. 311
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.