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A family name on East 39th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Johnsons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Johnson at three addresses in 1940, all on East 39th 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 720 East 39th 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

    720 East 39th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A M Johnson, a laborer 1940
    • Johnson, an elevator operator at the Marine Building 1940
    • R Johnson, a trackman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Pitsch at 728. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1019 East 39th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • B Johnson, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: M G Ganong at 1033. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2442 East 39th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • A Johanson, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: J P Godfrey at 2426 and F P Brown at 2456. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a conductor, an elevator operator, a laborer, a millworker and a trackman. Two of them worked for BC Electric Railway.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) 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 A M Johnson at 720 East 39th 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 Adolph M Johnson there as the householder, a laborer, with Johnson, an elevator operator at the Marine Building, and R Johnson, a trackman at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists B Johnson at 1019 East 39th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Benjamin Johnson there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway.

In 1940 the directory lists A Johanson at 2442 East 39th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Andrew Johanson there as the householder, a millworker.

Today

720 East 39th and 1019 East 39th still have their buildings from before 1946, 720 East 39th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2442 East 39th (1967) has a newer building, by the City's record.

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, street section

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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.