A family name on East Pender Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
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 Pender Street, 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
853 East Pender Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Herbert Jones 1940
Next door in 1940: W Wayslow at 833 and 4 listings at 867. The block, door by door
- 2
1157 East Pender Street
Strathcona, 1940
- H A Jones, a longshoreman 1940
- John C Jones, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: P Ewasiuk at 1151 and A Hodgkisson at 1161. The block, door by door
- 3
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a longshoreman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (2) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Herbert Jones at 853 East Pender Street. H A Jones is listed at 1157 East Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Herbert A Jones there as the householder, a longshoreman, with John C Jones, retired.
G H Jones is listed at 3597 East Pender Street 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 George H Jones there as the householder, retired.
Today
1157 East Pender and 3597 East Pender still have their buildings from before 1946, 1157 East Pender on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 853 East Pender (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Jones Herbt853 East Pender, p. 310
- Jones H A1157 East Pender, p. 127
- Jones Herbt A lngshmn1157 East Pender, p. 310
- Jones John C retired1157 East Pender, p. 310
- *Jones G H3597 East Pender, p. 128
- Jones Geo H retired3597 East Pender, p. 310
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.