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A family name on Davie Street, West End and Downtown

The Johnsons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Johnson at five addresses in 1940, all on Davie 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

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

    737 Davie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W B Johnson, a mechanic at J M Brown Motor 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Haynes at 735 and BC Govt Liq Store at 775. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1022 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs E Johnson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M I Norton at 1020 and Ballroom Embassy at 1024. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1406 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Johnson, an an 1940
    • wm Johnson, who worked for The Milky Way 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Wharton at 1442. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1616 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Harry L Johnson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Ferguson at 1612 and Anderson Clnrs at 1618. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1760 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs F Johnson, widow of O G 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A Crowston at 1752 and H Burnell at 1762. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: an an and a mechanic. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (4) and Downtown. 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 W B Johnson at 737 Davie Street, a mechanic at J M Brown Motor. Mrs E Johnson is listed at 1022 Davie Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ellen Johnson there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Johnson at 1406 Davie Street, an an, with wm Johnson, who worked for The Milky Way.

The 1940 name section lists Harry L Johnson at 1616 Davie Street. Mrs F Johnson, rooms to let, is listed at 1760 Davie Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frances Johnson there, widow of O G.

Today

The City no longer lists 737 Davie, 1022 Davie, 1406 Davie, 1616 Davie and 1760 Davie, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.