A family name on Marguerite Street, Kerrisdale and Shaughnessy
The Johnsons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Johnson at two addresses in 1940, all on Marguerite 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
4316 Marguerite Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- W M Berardino Johnson 1940
Next door in 1940: S B Plummer at 4350. The block, door by door
- 2
4784 Marguerite Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Mrs Ina L Johnson, a housekeeper for G R Hackett 1940
Next door in 1940: D S Updegraff at 4716. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a housekeeper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Shaughnessy (2). 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 W M Berardino Johnson at 4316 Marguerite Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ina L Johnson at 4784 Marguerite Street, a housekeeper for G R Hackett.
Today
4316 Marguerite still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 4784 Marguerite (2006) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Johnson W M Berardino4316 Marguerite, p. 306
- Johnson Mrs Ina L hsekpr G R Hackett4784 Marguerite, p. 306
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.