A family name on Kingsway, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood
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 Kingsway, 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
57 Kingsway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- E B Johnson, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: R A Harper at 55 and Parts Standard at 59. The block, door by door
- 2
1328 Kingsway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- J W Johnson 1940
- Frank E Johnson, an accountant at the Royal Bank 1940
Next door in 1940: F J Gurney at 1322 and Kway Shoe Store at 1330. The block, door by door
- 3
2726 Kingsway
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- C A Johnson, a fisherman 1940
Next door in 1940: A K Brown at 2704 and C R Grant at 2728. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an accountant, a fisherman and a laborer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 E B Johnson at 57 Kingsway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Emil B Johnson there as the householder, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists J W Johnson at 1328 Kingsway; 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 Frank E Johnson there, an accountant at the Royal Bank.
In 1940 the directory lists C A Johnson at 2726 Kingsway; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Chris A Johnson there as the householder, a fisherman.
Today
1328 Kingsway still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 57 Kingsway and 2726 Kingsway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Johnson E B57 Kingsway, p. 97
- Johnson Emil B lab57 Kingsway, p. 305
- *Johnson J W1328 Kingsway, p. 98
- Johnson Frank E acct Royal Bk1328 Kingsway, p. 306
- *Johnson C A2726 Kingsway, p. 98
- Johnson Chris A fshrmn2726 Kingsway, 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.