A family name on East 41st Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview, Renfrew-Collingwood and Killarney
The Joneses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Jones at two addresses in 1940, all on East 41st 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 1959 East 41st 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
1959 East 41st Avenue
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- Miss K E Jones 1940
- Kate E Jones 1940
- Minnie F Jones, a maid at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: C Torgerson at 1947. The block, door by door
- 2
2603 East 41st Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- F G Jones, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: W E Barnett at 2627. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a laborer and a maid.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 Miss K E Jones at 1959 East 41st 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 Kate E Jones there as the householder, with Minnie F Jones, a maid at the Vancouver General Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists F G Jones at 2603 East 41st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frederick G Jones there as the householder, a laborer.
Today
The City no longer lists 1959 East 41st and 2603 East 41st, 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 Miss K E1959 East 41st, p. 257
- Jones Kate E1959 East 41st, p. 311
- Jones Minnie F maid Van Genl Hosp1959 East 41st, p. 311
- Jones F G2603 East 41st, p. 257
- Jones Fredk G lab2603 East 41st, p. 310
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.