A family name on West 19th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Joneses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Jones at three addresses in 1940, all on West 19th 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
- 1
821 West 19th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- Margaret S Jones, a bookkeeper for A V Lewis 1940
Next door in 1940: Park Nursing Home Heather at 807 and G E Ediss at 837. The block, door by door
- 2
3664 West 19th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- W S Jones, a branch manager at R K O Distributor Corporation 1940
Next door in 1940: J Meek at 3650 and Mrs M Collins at 3678. The block, door by door
- 3
3728 West 19th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- E M Jones, a foreman at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E A Fawcett at 3706 and J F Collins at 3756. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a bookkeeper, a branch manager and a foreman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) and South Cambie. 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 Margaret S Jones at 821 West 19th Avenue, a bookkeeper for A V Lewis. W S Jones is listed at 3664 West 19th 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 William S Jones there as the householder, a branch manager at R K O Distributor Corporation.
E M Jones is listed at 3728 West 19th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists E Maurice Jones there as the householder, a foreman at the City of Vancouver.
Today
3728 West 19th (2015) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 821 West 19th and 3664 West 19th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Jones Margt S bkpr A V Lewis821 West 19th, p. 311
- *Jones W S3664 West 19th, p. 229
- Jones Wm S br mgr R K O Distrib Corpn3664 West 19th, p. 312
- *Jones E M3728 West 19th, p. 229
- Jones E Maurice formn Van City3728 West 19th, p. 310
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Joneses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Jones name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.