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A family name on Kitchener Street, Grandview-Woodland 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 Kitchener 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

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

    2063 Kitchener Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W J Jones, a salesman at Jamieson Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Bodeck at 2057 and D Kelt at 2065. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2608 Kitchener Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • T H Jones, retired 1940
    • Meta B Jones, a druggist 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Johnson at 2618. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2754 Kitchener Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • T Jones, a mechanic at International Harvester 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs I Reeves at 2748 and L Erickson at 2768. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3015 Kitchener Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R P Jones, a jeweller at Jacoby Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A Principe at 3003 and D R Manson at 3025. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a druggist, a jeweller, a mechanic and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (3) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 J Jones at 2063 Kitchener Street; 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 Walter J Jones there as the householder, a salesman at Jamieson Bros. In 1940 the directory lists T H Jones at 2608 Kitchener Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas H Jones there as the householder, retired, with Meta B Jones, a druggist.

In 1940 the directory lists T Jones at 2754 Kitchener Street. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Jones there as the householder, a mechanic at International Harvester. In 1940 the directory lists R P Jones at 3015 Kitchener Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Richard P Jones there as the householder, a jeweller at Jacoby Bros.

Today

2063 Kitchener still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 2608 Kitchener (1980), 2754 Kitchener (1985) and 3015 Kitchener (2000) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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

The book of the Joneses

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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.