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A family name on East Hastings Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The Johnsons

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Johnson at seven addresses in 1940, all on East Hastings 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. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    160 East Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Andrew Johnson, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: Royal Thea Barber Shop at 146 and Regent Hotel Shoe Shine at 162. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    175 East Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Johnson, who ran a restaurant 1940

    Next door in 1940: New Hastings Conf at 169 and S Tremblay at 177. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    367 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Emil Johnson, proprietor of the Holborn Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: O K Shoe Reprg at 365 and Van Button Wks at 369. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    561 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Andrew Johnson, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Veen at 551. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1032 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Johnson, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: glen apts at 1036. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1036 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Miss M Johanson 1940
    • Mary Johanson, a waitress 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Gartos at 1032. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1672 East Hastings Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H R Johnson, a repairerman for M Rau 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Kovish at 1652. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a logger (2), a proprietor, a repairerman, a restaurant and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (4), Downtown (2) 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 Andrew Johnson at 160 East Hastings Street, a logger. J Johnson, a restaurant, is listed at 175 East Hastings Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James Johnson there, who ran a restaurant. The 1940 name section lists Emil Johnson at 367 East Hastings Street, proprietor of the Holborn Hotel.

The 1940 name section lists Andrew Johnson at 561 East Hastings Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists Johnson at 1032 East Hastings Street, a logger. In 1940 the directory lists Miss M Johanson at 1036 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Mary Johanson there as the householder, a waitress.

In 1940 the directory lists H R Johnson at 1672 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Harold R Johnson there as the householder, a repairerman for M Rau.

Today

160 East Hastings, 367 East Hastings and 561 East Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 175 East Hastings, 1032 East Hastings, 1036 East Hastings and 1672 East Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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

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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.