A family name on Dunbar Street, Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano
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 Dunbar 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
3190 Dunbar Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- Dr E A Johnson, a physician 1940
Next door in 1940: G H Gorges at 3160. The block, door by door
- 2
4298 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- E A Johnson, a physician 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M W Sutherland at 4294. The block, door by door
- 3
5529 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Gladys I Johnson, a saleswoman at Blue Moon 1940
- Harriet A Johnson, proprietor of Blue Moon 1940
Next door in 1940: Can Wind Bkries at 5525 and Ladyfair Beauty Shop at 5539. The block, door by door
- 4
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a maid, a physician, a proprietor and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (3) and Kitsilano. 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 Dr E A Johnson at 3190 Dunbar Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edward A Johnson there as the householder, a physician. In 1940 the directory lists E A Johnson, a physician, at 4298 Dunbar Street. The 1940 name section lists Gladys I Johnson at 5529 Dunbar Street, a saleswoman at Blue Moon, with Harriet A Johnson, proprietor of Blue Moon.
The 1940 name section lists Hilda Johnson at 6065 Dunbar Street, a maid for A C Rae.
Today
6065 Dunbar still has its building from before 1946, dated 1940 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3190 Dunbar, 4298 Dunbar and 5529 Dunbar, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Johnson Dr E A3190 Dunbar, p. 44
- Johnson Edw A phys 210, 718 Granville and 4298 Dunbar3190 Dunbar, p. 305
- Johnson E A phys4298 Dunbar, p. 45
- Johnson Gladys I slswm Blue Moon5529 Dunbar, p. 306
- Johnson Harriet A prop Blue Moon5529 Dunbar, p. 306
- Johnson Hilda maid A C Rae6065 Dunbar, p. 306
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Johnsons
Every directory, as one book
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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.