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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Joneses

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at nine addresses

The directories print twelve people named Jones at nine addresses in 1940, all on West 12th 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

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

    1235 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • T E Jones 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Brown at 1225 and J W Milross at 1245. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1395 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • E R Jones, of Movie Snaps 1940
    • Mrs Florence L Jones, a branch manager at Wilbee's Service Stores 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr J M English at 1385. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1569 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs C C Jones 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B Smeaton at 1557 and Miss M J Graham at 1575. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1575 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • William E O Jones, a salesman at McBride Jackson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J McLean at 1569 and Mrs F M Blaney at 1587. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1626 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W R Jones, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: H V Spencer at 1616 and S J Evans at 1636. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2446 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J H Jones, a salesman 1940
    • Elmer J Jones, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: F DeWitt at 2436 and W Linforth at 2456. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2795 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J W R Jones, a telegraph operator 1940
    • Ron G Jones, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: E B Marshall at 2785. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3481 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W H Jones, a department manager 1940

    Next door in 1940: G F Noble at 3471. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    3802 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W T Jones, a clerk at Imperial Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B Macbeth at 3810. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the twelve: a salesman (2), a branch manager, a clerk, a department manager and a telegraph operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (5), Kitsilano (3) and West Point Grey. 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 T E Jones at 1235 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas E Jones there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists E R Jones at 1395 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Earl R Jones there as the householder, of Movie Snaps, with Mrs Florence L Jones, a branch manager at Wilbee's Service Stores.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs C C Jones at 1569 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William E O Jones at 1575 West 12th Avenue, a salesman at McBride Jackson. In 1940 the directory lists W R Jones at 1626 West 12th 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 William R Jones there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists J H Jones at 2446 West 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John H Jones there as the householder, a salesman, with Elmer J Jones, a student. In 1940 the directory lists J W R Jones at 2795 West 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists J W Ray Jones there as the householder, a telegraph operator, with Ron G Jones, a student.

In 1940 the directory lists W H Jones at 3481 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William H Jones there as the householder, a department manager. In 1940 the directory lists W T Jones at 3802 West 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter T Jones there as the householder, a clerk at Imperial Oil.

Today

1395 West 12th, 2795 West 12th and 3802 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1569 West 12th (1951), 1575 West 12th (1989) and 1626 West 12th (1962) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1235 West 12th, 2446 West 12th and 3481 West 12th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 19 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.