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A family name on Charles Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise

The Johnsons

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at four addresses

The directories print nine people named Johnson at four addresses in 1940, all on Charles 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 most under one roof: four Johnsons at 1510 Charles in 1940. 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

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

    1510 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs C F Johnson, widow of S G 1940
    • Eunice G Johnson 1940
    • Henry G Johnson, a laborer 1940
    • Johnson, a branch manager at Safeway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M E Mackay at 1504 and V M Woloschuk at 1516. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1568 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Johnson, widow of W H 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Rentmeester at 1564. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1754 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J Francis W Johnson, an apprentice at Small & Boyes 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs D E Martin at 1748 and Mrs S E Blackie at 1758. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3249 Charles Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • L T Johnson, a bookkeeper at Capilano Shingle 1940
    • T Johnson, a carpenter 1940
    • Ethel Johnson, an operator at Jones Tent & Awning 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Isokangas at 3217 and A Wilson at 3251. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the nine: an apprentice, a bookkeeper, a branch manager, a carpenter, a laborer and an operator. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (3) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Mrs C F Johnson at 1510 Charles 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 Carolina F Johnson there as the householder, widow of S G, with Eunice G Johnson, Henry G Johnson, a laborer, and Johnson, a branch manager at Safeway. The 1940 name section lists Johnson at 1568 Charles Street, widow of W H. The 1940 name section lists J Francis W Johnson at 1754 Charles Street, an apprentice at Small & Boyes.

In January 1926 L T Johnson took out the permit to build a house at 3249 Charles Street. In 1940 the directory lists L T Johnson at 3249 Charles Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists T Johnson there as the householder, a carpenter, with L Johnson, a bookkeeper at Capilano Shingle, Ethel Johnson, an operator at Jones Tent & Awning, and E Johnson.

Today

1754 Charles and 3249 Charles still have their buildings from before 1946; 1568 Charles (1989) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1510 Charles, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street
About 1910 Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street. Not at the house at 1510 Charles: no archive photo of the 1500 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 354-335. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 12 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.