A family name on East Georgia Street, Strathcona, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Johnsons
In the city directories 1940 · 14 people at nine addresses
The directories print 14 people named Johnson at nine addresses in 1940, all on East Georgia 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 most under one roof: four Johnsons at 1320 East Georgia 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
- 1
327 East Georgia Street
Strathcona, 1940
- William Johnson 1940
Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 321 and Fraser Growers United at 329. The block, door by door
- 2
431 East Georgia Street
Strathcona, 1940
- W Johnson 1940
Next door in 1940: M Bandura at 429 and Far Kay Noodle Fcty at 433. The block, door by door
- 3
751 East Georgia Street
Strathcona, 1940
- F O Johnson, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: S Song at 747 and A Callegari at 757. The block, door by door
- 4
1218 East Georgia Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Gus Johnson, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: M L Koffman at 1214 and Mrs M Kirkwood at 1224. The block, door by door
- 5
1320 East Georgia Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- J W Johnson, a carpenter at Hammond's 1940
- Andrew A Johnson, a swamper at Hall Fuel 1940
- Doreen D Johnson, a machinist operator at Canadian Bemis Bag 1940
- J Arnold W Johnson 1940
Next door in 1940: J A Cook at 1324. The block, door by door
- 6
3132 East Georgia Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- B H Johnson, a foreman at Canadian Wood Products 1940
- Clif B Johnson, an assistant shipper at Brettell Ltd 1940
- H Johnson, a millworker at Hammond's 1940
Next door in 1940: D W McLaughlin at 3126 and S P Davies at 3134. The block, door by door
- 7
3222 East Georgia Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- E Johnson, a laborer at Canadian White Pine 1940
Next door in 1940: J S H Newbold at 3216 and K S Vaughan-Birch at 3228. The block, door by door
- 8
3335 East Georgia Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- A A Johnson, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: J McGowan at 3329 and A Sinclair at 3341. The block, door by door
- 9
3623 East Georgia Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Beatrice Johnson, a housekeeper for J Trask 1940
Next door in 1940: C Carlsen at 3615 and R Biswanger at 3635. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for nine of the 14: a laborer (2), an assistant shipper, a carpenter, a foreman, a housekeeper and a machinist operator, among others. Two of them worked for Hammond's.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (4), Strathcona (4) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 William Johnson at 327 East Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists W Johnson at 431 East Georgia Street. In 1940 the directory lists F O Johnson at 751 East Georgia Street; 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 lists F Oscar Johnson there as the householder, a laborer.
The 1940 name section lists Gus Johnson at 1218 East Georgia Street, retired. J W Johnson is listed at 1320 East Georgia Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James W Johnson there as the householder, a carpenter at Hammond's, with Andrew A Johnson, a swamper at Hall Fuel, Doreen D Johnson, a machinist operator at Canadian Bemis Bag, and J Arnold W Johnson.
B H Johnson is listed at 3132 East Georgia Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Bror H Johnson there as the householder, a foreman at Canadian Wood Products, with Clif B Johnson, an assistant shipper at Brettell Ltd, and H Johnson, a millworker at Hammond's. E Johnson is listed at 3222 East Georgia Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernest Johnson there as the householder, a laborer at Canadian White Pine.
A A Johnson is listed at 3335 East Georgia Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Andrew A Johnson there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Beatrice Johnson at 3623 East Georgia Street, a housekeeper for J Trask.
Today
1218 East Georgia, 1320 East Georgia, 3132 East Georgia, 3222 East Georgia and 3335 East Georgia still have their buildings from before 1946, 1218 East Georgia on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 327 East Georgia, 431 East Georgia, 751 East Georgia and 3623 East Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 19 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Johnson Wm327 East Georgia, p. 307
- Johnson W431 East Georgia, p. 307
- *Johnson F O751 East Georgia, p. 55
- Johnson F Oscar lab751 East Georgia, p. 306
- Johnson Gus retired1218 East Georgia, p. 306
- *Johnson J W1320 East Georgia, p. 55
- Johnson Andw A swamper Hall Fuel1320 East Georgia, p. 305
- Johnson Doreen D mach opr Can Bemis Bag1320 East Georgia, p. 305
- Johnson J Arnold W1320 East Georgia, p. 306
- Johnson Jas W carp Hammond's1320 East Georgia, p. 306
- *Johnson B H3132 East Georgia, p. 56
- Johnson Bror H formn Can Wood Prods3132 East Georgia, p. 305
- Johnson Clif B asst shpr Brettell Ltd3132 East Georgia, p. 305
- Johnson H mlwkr Hammond's3132 East Georgia, p. 306
- *Johnson E3222 East Georgia, p. 56
- Johnson Ernest lab Can White Pine3222 East Georgia, p. 305
- *Johnson A A3335 East Georgia, p. 56
- Johnson Andw A retired3335 East Georgia, p. 305
- Johnson Beatrice hsekpr J Trask3623 East Georgia, p. 305
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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.