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A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Joneses

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Jones at five addresses in 1940, all on West 7th 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: three Joneses at 1717 West 7th 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    506 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • M G Jones, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: G J Reynolds at 504. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1653 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Hugh J Jones, a driver at McLellan & McCarter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Arnold at 1645 and E A Vosper at 1663. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1717 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W Jones, a shipper at Paint & Display Quarters 1940
    • Edith Jones, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
    • Thomas Jones, an accountant at Paint & Display Quarters 1940

    Next door in 1940: F R Craddock at 1725. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2146 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H Jones, a janitor at the St Augustines School 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs D W Eddington at 2152. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3028 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs C Jones, widow of P 1940
    • D Nina Jones, an apprentice at the Jantzen Knit Mills 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A Liphardt at 3024 and A C Giffen at 3032. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eight: a driver (2), an accountant, an apprentice, a janitor, a saleswoman and a shipper. Two of them worked for Paint & Display Quarters. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3) and Kitsilano (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 M G Jones at 506 West 7th Avenue, a driver. The 1940 name section lists Hugh J Jones at 1653 West 7th Avenue, a driver at McLellan & McCarter. In 1940 the directory lists W Jones at 1717 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William Jones there as the householder, a shipper at Paint & Display Quarters, with Edith Jones, a saleswoman at Spencer's, and Thomas Jones, an accountant at Paint & Display Quarters.

In 1940 the directory lists H Jones at 2146 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Herbert Jones there as the householder, a janitor at the St Augustines School, with Herbert C Jones. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs C Jones at 3028 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Claire Jones there as the householder, widow of P, with D Nina Jones, a domestic, and Don Jones, an apprentice at the Jantzen Knit Mills.

Today

3028 West 7th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 506 West 7th, 1653 West 7th, 1717 West 7th and 2146 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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.