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A family name on East Broadway, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Hastings-Sunrise

The Joneses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Jones at four addresses in 1940, all on East Broadway, 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    496 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W T Jones, a dairyman at Associated Dairies 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Goldberg at 490. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2210 East Broadway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J W Jones, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries 1940
    • William J Jones, a clerk at Dale & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A Barnett at 2216. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2579 East Broadway

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • L Jones, a shipper at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: C R Tate at 2567 and R H Cheyne at 2585. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2915 East Broadway

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • F A Jones, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C Maxwell at 2969. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a salesman (2), a clerk, a dairyman and a shipper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Mount Pleasant. 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 W T Jones at 496 East Broadway; 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 William T Jones there as the householder, a dairyman at Associated Dairies. In 1940 the directory lists J W Jones at 2210 East Broadway; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John W Jones there as the householder, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries, with William J Jones, a clerk at Dale & Co.

In 1940 the directory lists L Jones at 2579 East Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Leonard Jones there as the householder, a shipper at Woodward's. In 1940 the directory lists F A Jones at 2915 East Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Frank A Jones there as the householder, a salesman.

Today

2579 East Broadway (2000) and 2915 East Broadway (1980) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 496 East Broadway and 2210 East Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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.