A family name on East 37th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Joneses
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Jones at two addresses in 1940, all on East 37th Avenue, with the close spelling Joness. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Joneses at 1517 East 37th 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
- 1
372 East 37th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- Mrs S Jones, widow of J 1940
- Louise M Jones, a stenographer 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Watson at 366 and E J Phillips at 378. The block, door by door
- 2
1517 East 37th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- F H Jones, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
- Ron McG Jones, a salesman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
- Syd Jones, a beveller at J Fraser Glass Works 1940
Next door in 1940: H Atkinson at 1595. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a beveller, a motorman, a salesman and a stenographer. Two of them worked for BC Electric Railway. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs S Jones at 372 East 37th 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 Sarah Jones there as the householder, widow of J, with Louise M Jones, a stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists F H Jones at 1517 East 37th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frederick H Jones there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway, with Ron McG Jones, a salesman at the BC Electric Railway, and Syd Jones, a beveller at J Fraser Glass Works.
Today
372 East 37th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1517 East 37th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Jones Mrs S372 East 37th, p. 252
- Jones Louise M sten372 East 37th, p. 311
- Jones Sarah wid J372 East 37th, p. 311
- Jones F H1517 East 37th, p. 253
- Jones Fredk H mtrmn BCER1517 East 37th, p. 310
- Jones Ron McG slsmn BCER1517 East 37th, p. 311
- Jones Syd beveller J Fraser Glass Wks1517 East 37th, p. 311
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Joneses
Every directory, as one book
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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.