A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
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 West 10th Avenue, 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
70 West 10th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- William H Jones, a shipper at Capilano Breweries 1940
Next door in 1940: A Pering at 60 and A Jardine at 80. The block, door by door
- 2
1065 West 10th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Norma M Jones, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: W E Beattie at 1055 and L R Lloyd at 1075. The block, door by door
- 3
1325 West 10th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- E W Jones, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
- Arthur G Jones, a waiter for White Spot 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E Mulcahy at 1335. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: an employee, an operator, a shipper and a waiter. Two of them worked for BC Telephone.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 William H Jones at 70 West 10th Avenue, a shipper at Capilano Breweries. The 1940 name section lists Norma M Jones at 1065 West 10th Avenue, an operator at the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists E W Jones at 1325 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Eifion W Jones there as the householder, who worked for the BC Telephone, with Arthur G Jones, a waiter for White Spot.
Today
70 West 10th and 1325 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1065 West 10th (1957) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Jones Wm H shpr Capilano Brew70 West 10th, p. 312
- Jones Norma M opr BC Tel1065 West 10th, p. 311
- Jones E W1325 West 10th, p. 199
- Jones Arth G waiter White Spot1325 West 10th, p. 309
- Jones Eifion W emp BC Tel1325 West 10th, 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.