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A family name on West 18th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Joneses

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at five addresses

The directories print nine people named Jones at five addresses in 1940, all on West 18th 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 208 West 18th 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

    208 West 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs E E Jones, widow of J D 1940
    • Evelyn S Jones, a music teacher 1940
    • Mary L Jones, a school teacher 1940
    • T J Russell Jones, a druggist for W H Whiles 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Affleck at 228. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    455 West 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • George L Jones, a mechanic at Bowell McDonald 1940
    • Len Jones, a car painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: A R Forbes at 439. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    650 West 18th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Mabel Jones, widow of D 1940

    Next door in 1940: A T Atcheson at 648 and A S Blackwell at 652. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    820 West 18th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Arthur W Jones 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Smiley at 812 and Mrs N M Ashman at 824. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4048 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • L A Jones, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Trethewey at 4044 and W Feyer at 4074. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the nine: a car painter, a carpenter, a druggist, a mechanic, a music teacher and a school teacher. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2), South Cambie (2) and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 Mrs E E Jones at 208 West 18th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Elizabeth E Jones there as the householder, widow of J D, with Evelyn S Jones, a music teacher, Mary L Jones, a school teacher, and T J Russell Jones, a druggist for W H Whiles. The 1940 name section lists George L Jones at 455 West 18th Avenue, a mechanic at Bowell McDonald, with Len Jones, a car painter. The 1940 name section lists Mabel Jones at 650 West 18th Avenue, widow of D.

The 1940 name section lists Arthur W Jones at 820 West 18th Avenue. L A Jones is listed at 4048 West 18th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Leonard A Jones there as the householder, a carpenter.

Today

455 West 18th, 820 West 18th and 4048 West 18th still have their buildings from before 1946; 650 West 18th (2012) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 208 West 18th, so that building is 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, 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.