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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Jopsons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Jopson at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Jopsons 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

    1929 Grant Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • E E Jopson, an electrician 1940

    Next door in 1940: O Gooldrup at 1909 and J Beale at 1935. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1125 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Frederick Jopson 1940
    • Percy Jopson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hemenway & Son at 1123 and L N Gowdy at 1127. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2433 West 41st Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • C R Jopson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs D B Findlay at 2431 and Classic Barber Shop at 2441. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1863 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Jopson, a clerk at Imperial Oil 1940
    • Ernest Jopson, a baker at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C I M Revel at 1857 and L G Hillier at 1873. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a baker, a clerk and an electrician.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Kitsilano. 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 E E Jopson at 1929 Grant Street; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ernest E Jopson there as the householder, an electrician. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Jopson at 1125 Granville Street, with Percy Jopson. C R Jopson is listed at 2433 West 41st Avenue in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists J Jopson at 1863 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John Jopson there as the householder, a laborer, with John Jopson Jr, a clerk at Imperial Oil, and Ernest Jopson, a baker at Woodward's.

Today

1929 Grant and 1125 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2433 West 41st and 1863 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Jopsons

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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.