A family name on Hemlock Street, Fairview
The Johnsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Johnson at three addresses in 1940, all on Hemlock 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
2570 Hemlock Street
Fairview, 1940
- Miss A Johnson 1940
- Anne A Johnson, a cashier at Electrolux 1940
Next door in 1940: Beauty Salon French at 2530. The block, door by door
- 2
2620 Hemlock Street
Fairview, 1940
- G Johnson 1940
Next door in 1940: F V Kanel at 2632. The block, door by door
- 3
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a cashier and a clerk.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (3). 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 Miss A Johnson at 2570 Hemlock Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Anne A Johnson there as the householder, a cashier at Electrolux. In 1940 the directory lists G Johnson at 2620 Hemlock Street. The 1940 name section lists G Johnson there as the householder.
In 1940 the directory lists C J Johnson at 2625 Hemlock Street. The 1940 name section lists Charles J Johnson there as the householder, a clerk at Shell Oil.
Today
2570 Hemlock, 2620 Hemlock and 2625 Hemlock still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Johnson Miss A2570 Hemlock, p. 83
- Johnson Anne A cash Electrolux2570 Hemlock, p. 305
- Johnson G2620 Hemlock, p. 83
- Johnson G2620 Hemlock, p. 306
- Johnson C J2625 Hemlock, p. 83
- Johnson Chas J clk Shell Oil2625 Hemlock, 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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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.