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A family name on West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Joneses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Jones at six addresses in 1940, all on West 15th 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

    233 West 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs Davine Jones 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr A A Sutherland at 225. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    896 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • F M Jones, an estate manager 1940
  3. 3

    1305 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Dr J H Jones, a chief medical officer at the Shaughnessy Hospital Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: granchester court at 1315. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1716 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J A Jones 1940
    • Thomas Jones, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: M M Greaves at 1706 and Mrs A Anderson at 1726. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1866 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J M Jones, a dentist 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Craig at 1858 and talton manor at 1886. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2942 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J H P Jones, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: H P Wood at 2938 and T Peneway at 2946. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a chief medical officer, a clerk, a dentist and an estate manager.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Kitsilano (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 Mrs Davine Jones at 233 West 15th Avenue. F M Jones is listed at 896 West 15th 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 Fred M Jones there as the householder, an estate manager.

Dr J H Jones is listed at 1305 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists J Harold Jones there as the householder, a chief medical officer at the Shaughnessy Hospital Canadian Government. J A Jones is listed at 1716 West 15th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James A Jones there as the householder, with Thomas Jones, a student.

J M Jones is listed at 1866 West 15th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists J Milton Jones there as the householder, a dentist. J H P Jones is listed at 2942 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James H P Jones there as the householder, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway.

Today

233 West 15th, 1305 West 15th and 1866 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1716 West 15th (1979) and 2942 West 15th (2019) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 896 West 15th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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

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.