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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Joneses

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Jones at six addresses in 1940, all on West 14th 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: three Joneses at 3004 West 14th 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. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1125 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J A Maunsell Jones, an accountant at the Royal Bank 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S Pearce at 1115 and Mrs R Horowitz at 1135. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1345 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Casey Jones, a warehouseman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A C Nason at 1335 and F P Wilson at 1355. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1420 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H F Jones, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Allen at 1416 and T L Smyth at 1426. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2415 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Gladys M Jones, a stenographer at Libby McNeill & Libby 1940

    Next door in 1940: T H Talbot at 2405 and R A McLachlan at 2427. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3004 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • I Jones, a bricklayer 1940
    • Frederick Jones, a student 1940
    • John Jones, a secretary at Favorite Foods 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Wilkinson at 3012. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3211 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W Jones, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: H H Martell at 3203 and T A Ball at 3221. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eight: an accountant, a bricklayer, a clerk, a longshoreman, a secretary and a stenographer, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3) and Kitsilano (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 J A Maunsell Jones at 1125 West 14th Avenue, an accountant at the Royal Bank. The 1940 name section lists Casey Jones at 1345 West 14th Avenue, a warehouseman. In 1940 the directory lists H F Jones at 1420 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Howard F Jones there as the householder, a clerk.

The 1940 name section lists Gladys M Jones at 2415 West 14th Avenue, a stenographer at Libby McNeill & Libby. I Jones is listed at 3004 West 14th Avenue in 1940; 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 Isaac Jones there as the householder, a bricklayer, with Frederick Jones, a student, and John Jones, a secretary at Favorite Foods.

W Jones is listed at 3211 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Watson Jones there as the householder, a longshoreman.

Today

2415 West 14th, 3004 West 14th and 3211 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1125 West 14th, 1345 West 14th and 1420 West 14th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.