A family name on East 24th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Johnsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Johnson at two addresses in 1940, all on East 24th Avenue, with the close spellings Johanson, Johannson and Johansson. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
Cedar Cottage
- 1
111 East 24th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- G Johnson, a pressman at the Province 1940
- Anna L Johnson, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: J A Hansen at 119. The block, door by door
- 2
2258 East 24th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- G E Johnson, a carpenter 1940
Next door in 1940: F Bird at 2250 and J T Emery at 2266. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a carpenter and a pressman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park. 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 G Johnson at 111 East 24th 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 Gales Johnson there as the householder, a pressman at the Province, with Anna L Johnson, a student. In 1940 the directory lists G E Johnson at 2258 East 24th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Gus E Johnson there as the householder, a carpenter.
Today
111 East 24th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 2258 East 24th (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Johnson G111 East 24th, p. 238
- Johnson Anna L studt111 East 24th, p. 305
- Johnson Gales prsmn Province111 East 24th, p. 306
- *Johnson G E2258 East 24th, p. 238
- Johnson Gus E carp2258 East 24th, p. 306
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Johnsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Johnson name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.