A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole
The Joneses
In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses
The directories print six people named Jones at six addresses in 1940, all on Granville 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
445 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- George Jones, proprietor of the Jones Institute of Physical Culture 1940
Next door in 1940: White Lunch Ltd at 439 and Owl Drug Co Ltd at 449. The block, door by door
- 2
1036 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Kay Jones 1940
Next door in 1940: Love & Co at 1034 and Piano House Lewis at 1044. The block, door by door
- 3
1161 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- William Jones, a pipefitter at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: St Helen's Cigar Stand at 1159 and French Way Clnrs at 1167. The block, door by door
- 4
1175 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- A Jones 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Gibbons at 1171 and R Ferrie at 1179. The block, door by door
- 5
1176 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Casey Jones, a waiter 1940
Next door in 1940: T Davis at 1168 and Peter Pan Cafe at 1180. The block, door by door
- 6
3045 Granville Street
Fairview, 1940
- J A Jones, a meat cutter 1940
Next door in 1940: V & F Health Bar at 3039 and Jamieson's Delctsn at 3047. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a meat cutter, a pipefitter, a proprietor and a waiter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (5) and Fairview. 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 George Jones at 445 Granville Street, proprietor of the Jones Institute of Physical Culture. The 1940 name section lists Kay Jones at 1036 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists William Jones at 1161 Granville Street, a pipefitter at the CPR. The 1940 name section lists A Jones at 1175 Granville Street.
The 1940 name section lists Casey Jones at 1176 Granville Street, a waiter. J A Jones is listed at 3045 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John A Jones there as the householder, a meat cutter.
Today
1161 Granville, 1175 Granville and 1176 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946, 1161 Granville on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3045 Granville (1978) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 445 Granville and 1036 Granville, so those buildings are 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 Geo prop Jones Inst of Physical Culture445 Granville, p. 310
- Jones Kay1036 Granville, p. 311
- Jones Wm pipeftr CPR1161 Granville, p. 311
- Jones A1175 Granville, p. 309
- Jones Casey waiter1176 Granville, p. 309
- Jones J A3045 Granville, p. 68
- Jones John A meat ctr3045 Granville, 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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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.