A family name on Graveley Street, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Johnsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Johnson at two addresses in 1940, all on Graveley Street, with the close spellings Johanson, Johannson and Johansson. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
- 1
1640 Graveley Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- P H Johnson, a meat cutter at Burns & Co 1940
- Arthur R Johnson, a meat cutter 1940
Next door in 1940: J A M Davies at 1632 and Mrs L E Nicholson at 1648. The block, door by door
- 2
2532 Graveley Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- A V Johnson 1940
- David Johnson 1940
Next door in 1940: G Campbell at 2528 and L H Chapman at 2536. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a meat cutter (2).
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 P H Johnson at 1640 Graveley Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Percy H Johnson there as the householder, a meat cutter at Burns & Co, with Arthur R Johnson, a meat cutter. In 1940 the directory lists A V Johnson at 2532 Graveley 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 Albert V Johnson there as the householder, with David Johnson.
Today
2532 Graveley still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 1640 Graveley (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Johnson P H1640 Graveley, p. 69
- Johnson Arth R meat ctr1640 Graveley, p. 305
- Johnson Percy H meat ctr Burns & Co1640 Graveley, p. 307
- *Johnson A V2532 Graveley, p. 69
- Johnson Albt V2532 Graveley, p. 305
- Johnson David2532 Graveley, p. 305
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Johnsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Johnson name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.