A family name on West 44th Avenue, Kerrisdale and Dunbar-Southlands
The Joneses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Jones at two addresses in 1940, all on West 44th Avenue, with the close spelling Joness. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Joneses at 2078 West 44th 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
- 1
2078 West 44th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Edgar Jones, an apprentice for H J Sayer 1940
- Gertrude F Jones, widow of R 1940
- Robert F Jones 1940
Next door in 1940: I W R McCready at 2070 and A McCallum at 2090. The block, door by door
- 2
2158 West 44th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- William T Jones, an orderly at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss M M Wright at 2140 and Mrs E A McDowell at 2164. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an apprentice and an orderly. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2). 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 Edgar Jones at 2078 West 44th Avenue, an apprentice for H J Sayer, with Gertrude F Jones, widow of R, and Robert F Jones. The 1940 name section lists William T Jones at 2158 West 44th Avenue, an orderly at the Vancouver General Hospital.
Today
2078 West 44th (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2158 West 44th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Jones Edgar appr H J Sayer2078 West 44th, p. 310
- Jones Gertrude F wid R cook Kelly Douglas2078 West 44th, p. 310
- Jones Robt F2078 West 44th, p. 311
- Jones Wm T orderly Van Genl Hosp2158 West 44th, p. 312
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.