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A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Joneses

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at seven addresses

The directories print eleven people named Jones at seven addresses in 1940, all on West 8th 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 1825 West 8th 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

    726 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Charles Jones, a cleaner at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: T La Brie at 734. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    877 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J B Jones 1940
    • Daisy E Jones, a laundress at Pioneer Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Threlfall at 875 and W C Brownmiller at 883. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1825 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M J Jones, widow of A 1940
    • Cecil C Jones, a chauffeur 1940
    • Stan Jones, a laborer at Buckerfield's 1940

    Next door in 1940: J T Wilson at 1815 and J B Gledhill at 1835. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1942 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E Jones, who worked for Vancouver Breweries 1940
    • M Louise Jones 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs R Thorleifson at 1936 and Mrs J Morton at 1950. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2024 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R F Jones, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Paterson at 2018 and C G Green at 2030. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2624 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A E Jones, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: R G Fugler at 2618 and W R Hobbs at 2630. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3650 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mabel N Jones, widow of C 1940

    Next door in 1940: R G Hughes at 3642 and T J Jenkins at 3656. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eleven: a laborer (2), a carpenter, a chauffeur, a cleaner, an employee and a laundress. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (5) and Fairview (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 Charles Jones at 726 West 8th Avenue, a cleaner at the Vancouver General Hospital. J B Jones is listed at 877 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John B Jones there as the householder, with Daisy E Jones, a laundress at Pioneer Laundry.

Mrs M J Jones is listed at 1825 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mary J Jones there as the householder, widow of A, with Cecil C Jones, a chauffeur, and Stan Jones, a laborer at Buckerfield's. E Jones is listed at 1942 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Emrys Jones there as the householder, who worked for Vancouver Breweries, with M Louise Jones.

R F Jones is listed at 2024 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists R Floyd Jones there as the householder, a laborer. A E Jones is listed at 2624 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists A Edward Jones there as the householder, a carpenter.

The 1940 name section lists Mabel N Jones at 3650 West 8th Avenue, widow of C.

Today

2624 West 8th and 3650 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1825 West 8th (1974) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 726 West 8th, 877 West 8th, 1942 West 8th and 2024 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 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

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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.