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A family name on West Georgia Street, Downtown and West End

The Joneses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Jones at five addresses in 1940, all on West Georgia Street, 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 1662 West Georgia 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

    801 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Rev T Conway Jones, a leader at Unity Metaphysical Centre 1940

    Next door in 1940: devonshire hotel at 849. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    925 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • T M Jones, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lunch Sandwich at 915 and Macdonald's Prescriptions at 929. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1040 West Georgia Street

    West End, 1940

    • Robert E Jones, a manufacturers agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: McDermott Motors Ltd at 1018 and Begg Motor Co Ltd (used cars) at 1056. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1133 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Edward W Jones, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Walker at 1129 and Gallery Van Art at 1145. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1662 West Georgia Street

    West End, 1940

    • H Jones, retired 1940
    • Isobel S Jones, a student 1940
    • T Edward Jones, a delivery at Stanley Park Pharmacy 1940

    Next door in 1940: T A Kuneken at 1656. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a delivery, a leader, a manufacturers agent and a miner.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3) and West End (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 Rev T Conway Jones at 801 West Georgia Street, a leader at Unity Metaphysical Centre. T M Jones, a physician, is listed at 925 West Georgia Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert E Jones at 1040 West Georgia Street, a manufacturers agent. The 1940 name section lists Edward W Jones at 1133 West Georgia Street, a miner.

In 1940 the directory lists H Jones at 1662 West Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists Harry Jones there as the householder, retired, with Isobel S Jones, a student, and T Edward Jones, a delivery at Stanley Park Pharmacy.

Today

801 West Georgia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1040 West Georgia (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 925 West Georgia, 1133 West Georgia and 1662 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.