A family name on Haro Street, West End
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 Haro 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
- 1
1045 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- Percy Johnson 1940
Next door in 1940: E L Clarke at 1033 and J Cuming at 1051. The block, door by door
- 2
1051 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs Hilda P Johnson, a representative at Clows Corrective Cosmetics 1940
Next door in 1940: st george apts at 1045 and 4 listings at 1053. The block, door by door
- 3
1159 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- Walter Johnson 1940
Next door in 1940: J H Garden at 1155 and Mrs M Griffiths at 1163. The block, door by door
- 4
1750 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- James S Johnson, a guard at the Customs 1940
Next door in 1940: A J Pilkington at 1746 and aylesleigh apts at 1764. The block, door by door
- 5
1906 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- Johnson 1940
Next door in 1940: J Abbott at 1918. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a guard and a representative.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (5). 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 Percy Johnson at 1045 Haro Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Hilda P Johnson at 1051 Haro Street, a representative at Clows Corrective Cosmetics. The 1940 name section lists Walter Johnson at 1159 Haro Street. The 1940 name section lists James S Johnson at 1750 Haro Street, a guard at the Customs.
The 1940 name section lists Johnson at 1906 Haro Street.
Today
1906 Haro still has its building from before 1946, dated 1935 by the City's record; 1045 Haro (1980) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1051 Haro, 1159 Haro and 1750 Haro, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
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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Another name, or a house
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.