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A family name on East Cordova Street, Strathcona and Downtown

The Johnsons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Johnson at five addresses in 1940, all on East Cordova 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. 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

    42 East Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • O Johnson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Pumps & Power Ltd at 40 and Pumps & Power (whse) at 48. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    136 East Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • O Johnson, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: Eagle Mill & Log (whse) at 134 and Fishermen's Union United at 138. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    219 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • James Johnson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Acme Lock & Key Serv at 217 and Scandinavian Baptist Mission at 259. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    512 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Bernard Johnson, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Waite at 518. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1124 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • B Johnson, a driver at Weinstein & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Stacey at 1122 and J Carr at 1126. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a driver and a logger.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (3) and Downtown (2). 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 O Johnson at 42 East Cordova Street. O Johnson is listed at 136 East Cordova Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Oscar Johnson there, a logger. The 1940 name section lists James Johnson at 219 East Cordova Street.

The 1940 name section lists Bernard Johnson at 512 East Cordova Street, retired. B Johnson is listed at 1124 East Cordova Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Benjamin Johnson there as the householder, a driver at Weinstein & Co.

Today

42 East Cordova and 512 East Cordova still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 136 East Cordova, 219 East Cordova and 1124 East Cordova, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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

The book of the Johnsons

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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.