A family name on Hornby Street, Downtown
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 Hornby 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
1109 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- C H Jones, a packer for W H Malkin 1940
- Marguerite C Jones, a dressmaker 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E Lee at 1101 and Murray Gro & Conf at 1117. The block, door by door
- 2
1161 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- Charles Jones 1940
Next door in 1940: B C Moore at 1157 and J D Langlois at 1169. The block, door by door
- 3
1369 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- Iowna M Jones, a domestic 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs L Z R Jestin at 1361. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a domestic, a dressmaker and a packer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (3). 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 C H Jones at 1109 Hornby Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Cecil H Jones there as the householder, an engineer, with Cecil H Jones Jr, a packer for W H Malkin, and Marguerite C Jones, a dressmaker. The 1940 name section lists Charles Jones at 1161 Hornby Street. The 1940 name section lists Iowna M Jones at 1369 Hornby Street, a domestic.
Today
The City no longer lists 1109 Hornby, 1161 Hornby and 1369 Hornby, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Jones C H1109 Hornby, p. 86
- Jones Cecil H eng1109 Hornby, p. 309
- Jones Cecil H Jr pkr W H Malkin1109 Hornby, p. 309
- Jones Marguerite C drsmkr1109 Hornby, p. 311
- Jones Chas1161 Hornby, p. 310
- Jones Iowna M dom1369 Hornby, 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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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.