A family name on Alma Street, Kitsilano, West Point Grey and Dunbar-Southlands
The Johnsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Johnson at two addresses in 1940, all on Alma 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
2779 Alma Street
West Point Grey, 1940
- G Johnson, a manager at the Commercial Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: Fletcher at 2767 and W H Alexander at 2791. The block, door by door
- 2
5736 Alma Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- A H Johnson, an auditor at the Workmen's Compensation Board 1940
- Gordon H Johnson, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: W Cline at 5718 and E Kelly at 5756. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an auditor and a manager.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and West Point Grey. 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 G Johnson at 2779 Alma Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Johnson there as the householder, a manager at the Commercial Hotel. In 1940 the directory lists A H Johnson at 5736 Alma 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 lists Alfred H Johnson there as the householder, an auditor at the Workmen's Compensation Board, with Gordon H Johnson, a student.
Today
2779 Alma and 5736 Alma still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
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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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.