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

The Johnsons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Johnson at three addresses in 1940, all on East Pender 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

    575 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • S Johnson 1940

    Next door in 1940: I Hosang at 563 and Workers Dramatic Club at 577. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2705 East Pender Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • C Johnson, a mariner 1940

    Next door in 1940: J V MacFadden at 2709. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2793 East Pender Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • G Johnson, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Hopper at 2787. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a fisherman and a mariner.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Strathcona. 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 S Johnson at 575 East Pender Street. C Johnson is listed at 2705 East Pender Street in 1940; 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 Carl Johnson there as the householder, a mariner.

G Johnson is listed at 2793 East Pender Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Gust Johnson there as the householder, a fisherman.

Today

575 East Pender still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 2793 East Pender (1965) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2705 East Pender, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.
1936–1938 Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.. Not at the house at 2705 East Pender: no archive photo of the 2700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 300-101. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 5 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.