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A family name on West 6th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Joneses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Jones at four addresses in 1940, all on West 6th 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

    1666 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • E Jones, a barber at S Marsh & Son 1940
    • R E C Jones, a helper for Sigurdson Millwork 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Stevens at 1654. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2085 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C F Jones, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A Ingram at 2075 and C C Gerhart at 2095. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2395 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J P Jones, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: C McPhedran at 2385. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4650 West 6th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Norma W Jones, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J McNaughton at 4640 and Mrs P C Felton at 4654. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a barber, an engineer, a helper and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Fairview and West Point Grey. 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 R E C Jones at 1666 West 6th Avenue. By 1940 it is E Jones. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edward Jones there as the householder, a barber at S Marsh & Son, with Ron E C Jones, a helper for Sigurdson Millwork.

C F Jones is listed at 2085 West 6th 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 Charles F Jones there as the householder, an engineer. J P Jones is listed at 2395 West 6th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John P Jones there as the householder, retired.

The 1940 name section lists Norma W Jones at 4650 West 6th Avenue, a saleswoman at Woodward's.

Today

1666 West 6th and 2085 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2085 West 6th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4650 West 6th (2016) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2395 West 6th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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.