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A family name on East 11th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Johnsons

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Johnson at four addresses in 1940, all on East 11th Avenue, 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: three Johnsons at 1523 East 11th 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    861 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J Johnson, a waiter at the London Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: L F Gregson at 855 and Miss M J Wood at 891. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    864 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J A Johnson, a fireman 1940
    • G Harold F Johnson, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Edward at 856 and J L Lanphier at 876. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1523 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs C B Johnson, widow of E R 1940
    • Ona I Johnson 1940
    • Stan E R Johnson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C A Gill at 1531. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3351 East 11th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J D Johnson 1940
    • Arnold F Johnson, a clerk at Branch Canadian Importers 1940

    Next door in 1940: A D Coffin at 3329. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a clerk, a fireman, a school teacher and a waiter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 861 East 11th Avenue; 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 John Johnson there as the householder, a waiter at the London Hotel. In 1940 the directory lists J A Johnson at 864 East 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John A Johnson there as the householder, a fireman, with G Harold F Johnson, a school teacher.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs C B Johnson at 1523 East 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Christina B Johnson there as the householder, widow of E R, with Ona I Johnson and Stan E R Johnson. In 1940 the directory lists J D Johnson at 3351 East 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arnold F Johnson there, a clerk at Branch Canadian Importers.

Today

861 East 11th, 864 East 11th and 1523 East 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 3351 East 11th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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, 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.