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A family name on Comox Street, West End

The Johnsons

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at five addresses

The directories print ten people named Johnson at five addresses in 1940, all on Comox 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: five Johnsons at 1615 Comox 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

    1056 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Johnson, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital 1940
    • Johnson, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1132 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • E Johnson, a driver at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Carrell at 1122 and J D Jenkins at 1134. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1143 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Chris Johnson 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Montgomery at 1141 and J M Olsen at 1145. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1436 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Thomas Johnson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Shinnick at 1432 and H Hood at 1440. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1615 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs J L Johnson 1940
    • L Johnson 1940
    • Charlotte L Johnson, a packer at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
    • Doreen E Johnson 1940
    • Doris M Johnson, a saleswoman at Persian Arts & Crafts 1940

    Next door in 1940: C G Deavin at 1611 and E Jones at 1617. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the ten: a nurse (2), a driver, a packer and a saleswoman. Some worked for the same employer: two for Hudson's Bay Company and two for St Paul's Hospital.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (5). 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 Johnson at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital, with Johnson, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital. E Johnson is listed at 1132 Comox Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Elmer Johnson there as the householder, a driver at the Hudson's Bay Company. The 1940 name section lists Chris Johnson at 1143 Comox Street.

The 1940 name section lists Thomas Johnson at 1436 Comox Street. Mrs J L Johnson is listed at 1615 Comox Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists L Johnson there as the householder, with Charlotte L Johnson, a packer at the Hudson's Bay Company, Doreen E Johnson, and Doris M Johnson, a saleswoman at Persian Arts & Crafts.

Today

The City no longer lists 1056 Comox, 1143 Comox, 1436 Comox and 1615 Comox, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 1132 Comox, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees
1925 Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees. Not at the house at 1615 Comox: no archive photo of the 1600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 357-1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.