A family name on Howe 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 Howe 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Joneses lived
- 1
983 Howe Street
Downtown, 1940
- W Owen Jones, a roofer 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Knight at 975 and Ramsay Clng & Dye Wks at 985. The block, door by door
- 2
986 Howe Street
Downtown, 1940
- John R Jones 1940
Next door in 1940: F E Badham at 982 and Mrs E Parks at 992. The block, door by door
- 3
1387 Howe Street
Downtown, 1940
- A Jones, a painter 1940
- Marguerite I Jones 1940
Next door in 1940: A Rogers at 1379 and Shell Serv Sta at 1393. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a painter and a roofer.
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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists W Owen Jones at 983 Howe Street, a roofer. The 1940 name section lists John R Jones at 986 Howe Street. In 1940 the directory lists A Jones at 1387 Howe Street. The 1940 name section lists Alex Jones there as the householder, a painter, with Marguerite I Jones.
Today
The City no longer lists 983 Howe, 986 Howe and 1387 Howe, 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.
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.