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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Jongs

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Jong at four addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Jongs 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

    233 East 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Yat Sang Jong 1940

    Next door in 1940: G L (side entrance) Pip at 209 and W E Latimer at 239. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    153 East Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Sang Jong, in tobacco 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sun Lung Co at 149 and Sang Tong Hen at 155. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    934 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Hong Lun Jong, in produce 1940

    Next door in 1940: Peaks (The) at 918 and Orchid Beauty Parlor at 936. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    838 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Sing Jong, proprietor of Lion's Gate Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: willson building at 834 and Pender Cleaners at 840. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3) and Mount Pleasant. 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 Yat Sang Jong at 233 East 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Yat Sang Jong there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists Sang Jong, in tobacco, at 153 East Pender Street. Hong Lun Jong, in produce, is listed at 934 Robson Street in 1940.

The 1940 name section lists Sing Jong at 838 West Pender Street, proprietor of Lion's Gate Cafe.

Today

The City no longer lists 233 East 6th, 153 East Pender, 934 Robson and 838 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Jongs

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.