A family name on Alexander Street, Strathcona and Downtown
The Johnsons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Johnson at two addresses in 1940, all on Alexander Street, with the close spellings Johanson, Johannson and Johansson. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 209 other streets too, all listed on the Johnson name's own page.
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Where the Johnsons lived
- 1
220 Alexander Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Arthur Johnson, an engineer at Preston-Mann Towing 1940
Next door in 1940: D Machida at 230. The block, door by door
- 2
343 Alexander Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Johnson, a tired 1940
Next door in 1940: Van City St Lighting at 323 and Ideal Iron Wks Ltd at 369. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an engineer and a tired.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (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 Arthur Johnson at 220 Alexander Street, an engineer at Preston-Mann Towing. The 1940 name section lists Johnson at 343 Alexander Street, a tired.
Today
220 Alexander still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 343 Alexander, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Johnson Arth eng Preston-Mann Towing220 Alexander, p. 305
- Johnson tired343 Alexander, p. 306
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Johnsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Johnson name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.