A family name on Barclay Street, West End
The Johnsons
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Johnson at four addresses in 1940, all on Barclay Street, with the close spellings Johanson, Johannson and Johansson. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
1234 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- J Johnson 1940
- Beatrice M I Johnson, proprietor of Vogue Modiste 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs S Nadeau at 1220 and W R Griffiths at 1246. The block, door by door
- 2
- 3
1440 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Andriene Johnson, a waitress at Blue Boy 1940
Next door in 1940: B Bernhardt at 1436. The block, door by door
- 4
1635 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs Clara Johnson 1940
Next door in 1940: H G Haddow at 1627 and E O Whitlam at 1643. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a proprietor and a waitress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (4). 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 J Johnson at 1234 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Beatrice M I Johnson there, proprietor of Vogue Modiste. The 1940 name section lists H Johnson at 1357 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section lists Andriene Johnson at 1440 Barclay Street, a waitress at Blue Boy.
The 1940 name section lists Mrs Clara Johnson at 1635 Barclay Street.
Today
1357 Barclay still has its building from before 1946, dated 1906 by the City's record; 1234 Barclay (1968) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1440 Barclay and 1635 Barclay, 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.
- Johnson J1234 Barclay, p. 8
- Johnson Beatrice M I prop Vogue Modiste1234 Barclay, p. 305
- Johnson H1357 Barclay, p. 306
- Johnson Andriene waitress Blue Boy1440 Barclay, p. 305
- Johnson Mrs Clara1635 Barclay, p. 305
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.