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A family name on Keefer Street, Strathcona and Downtown

The Johnsons

In the city directories 1925–1945 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Johnson at six addresses between 1925 and 1945, all on Keefer 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

    612 Keefer Street

    Strathcona, 1925

    • Mrs A Johnson 1925

    Next door in 1925: C Carlson at 602 and J A Clandening at 620. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    522 Keefer Street

    Strathcona, 1935

    • E Johnson 1935

    Next door in 1935: J Mandleman at 518 and W Fong at 524. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    296 Keefer Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Gus Johnson, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 290. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    446 Keefer Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Edward Johnson 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 444 and L Jang at 452. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    734 Keefer Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • C G Johnson, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Lee at 730 and S Isoshima at 742. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    737 Keefer Street

    Strathcona, 1945

    • Mrs E Johnson 1945

    Next door in 1945: C H Creer at 733 and P J Niemi at 743. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a logger (2).

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (6). 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 1925 the directory lists Mrs A Johnson at 612 Keefer Street. E Johnson is listed at 522 Keefer Street in 1935. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Gus Johnson at 296 Keefer Street, retired, with Gus H Johnson, a logger. The 1940 name section lists Edward Johnson at 446 Keefer Street.

In 1940 the directory lists C G Johnson at 734 Keefer Street. The 1940 name section lists Cecil G Johnson there as the householder, a logger. In 1945 the directory lists Mrs E Johnson at 737 Keefer Street.

Today

612 Keefer and 522 Keefer still have their buildings from before 1946, 522 Keefer on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 737 Keefer (1974) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 296 Keefer, 446 Keefer and 734 Keefer, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

The Wong Wing Fong family on Keefer Street
1914 The Wong Wing Fong family on Keefer Street. Not at the house at 296 Keefer: no archive photo of the 200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, 2021-034.288, photo by Yucho Chow Studio. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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

1945

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Johnsons

Every directory, as one book

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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.