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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Joneses

In the city directories 1940 · 18 people at eleven addresses

The directories print 18 people named Jones at eleven addresses in 1940, all on West 11th 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 most under one roof: four Joneses at 1954 West 11th in 1940. 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    32 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • H B Jones, a carpenter 1940
    • David Jones, a packer at Spencer's 1940
    • Harold A Jones 1940

    Next door in 1940: T J Kearney at 24 and Mrs H J Webb at 42. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    665 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs F Jones, widow of H J 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss J A McCallum at 655. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1235 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Llewellyn Jones 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Ansell at 1225 and D Hazan at 1245. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1696 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss M L Jones 1940
    • Myrtle L Jones, a bookkeeper at Burns & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Marshall at 1686. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1715 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Lucy Jones 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G Armistead at 1725. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1954 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Jones, retired 1940
    • Bernice Jones 1940
    • Harold J Jones, a traveller freight agent at the Northern Pacific Railway 1940
    • Thelma Jones, a stenographer at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: W W Thomson at 1946 and J Bramham at 1966. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3146 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W S Jones, a tailor at Charlton & Morgan 1940

    Next door in 1940: R G Posgate at 3136 and D M Morrison at 3156. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3820 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • M D Jones, a civil engineer 1940
    • Marguerite F Jones, a stenographer at the Vancouver Council of Social Agencies 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Moncrieff at 3818 and O J Reavill at 3824. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    3844 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • James S Jones, a salesman at Atlas Printers 1940

    Next door in 1940: F A Heise at 3838 and W B Robertson at 3848. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    4168 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • F Ray Jones, an assistant at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Riding at 4164 and H Walker at 4170. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    4530 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • G R Jones, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: N E Small at 4524 and T Wallington at 4534. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eleven of the 18: a salesman (2), a stenographer (2), an assistant, a bookkeeper, a carpenter and a civil engineer, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (4), Fairview (3), Kitsilano (2) and Mount Pleasant (2). 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 H B Jones at 32 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Horace B Jones there as the householder, a carpenter, with David Jones, a packer at Spencer's, and Harold A Jones. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs F Jones at 665 West 11th Avenue; 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 lists Florence Jones there as the householder, widow of H J.

The 1940 name section lists Llewellyn Jones at 1235 West 11th Avenue. Miss M L Jones is listed at 1696 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Myrtle L Jones there as the householder, a bookkeeper at Burns & Co. The 1940 name section lists Lucy Jones at 1715 West 11th Avenue.

In 1940 the directory lists J Jones at 1954 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Jones there as the householder, retired, with Bernice Jones, Harold J Jones, a traveller freight agent at the Northern Pacific Railway, and Thelma Jones, a stenographer at the BC Government. In 1940 the directory lists W S Jones at 3146 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter S Jones there as the householder, a tailor at Charlton & Morgan.

In 1940 the directory lists M D Jones at 3820 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Morley D Jones there as the householder, a civil engineer, with Marguerite F Jones, a stenographer at the Vancouver Council of Social Agencies. The 1940 name section lists James S Jones at 3844 West 11th Avenue, a salesman at Atlas Printers. The 1940 name section lists F Ray Jones at 4168 West 11th Avenue, an assistant at UBC.

In 1940 the directory lists G R Jones at 4530 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists G Randolph Jones there as the householder, a salesman.

Today

1696 West 11th, 1954 West 11th, 3820 West 11th, 3844 West 11th, 4168 West 11th and 4530 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; 32 West 11th (1978) and 1715 West 11th (1972) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 665 West 11th, 1235 West 11th and 3146 West 11th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 24 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.