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A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

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 Broadway, 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

    827 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • William Jones, a helper at Curtis Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Cranston at 813 and Bway Auto Uphol at 841. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1877 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Thelma Jones 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Heidl at 1871 and A M Currie at 1885. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1886 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R T Jones, a master mariner at Pacific Coyle Navigation 1940

    Next door in 1940: madison (the) at 1876. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a helper and a master mariner.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Fairview. 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 William Jones at 827 West Broadway, a helper at Curtis Motors. The 1940 name section lists Thelma Jones at 1877 West Broadway. In 1940 the directory lists R T Jones at 1886 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Richard T Jones there as the householder, a master mariner at Pacific Coyle Navigation.

Today

1886 West Broadway still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 827 West Broadway and 1877 West Broadway, so those buildings are 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Joneses

Every directory, as one book

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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.