A family name on Powell Street, Strathcona, Downtown and Grandview-Woodland
The Johnsons
In the city directories 1940 · nine people at nine addresses
The directories print nine people named Johnson at nine addresses in 1940, all on Powell 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
56 Powell Street
Downtown, 1940
- J Johnson, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: Spice Mills National at 54 and S Nabata at 58. The block, door by door
- 2
123 Powell Street
Downtown, 1940
- F Johnson 1940
Next door in 1940: B C Junk at 135. The block, door by door
- 3
259 Powell Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Chris Johnson 1940
Next door in 1940: B C Fish Mkt at 253 and showa taxi at 261. The block, door by door
- 4
396 Powell Street
Strathcona, 1940
- J Johnson 1940
Next door in 1940: New Fish Mkt at 394 and Japan & Canada Trust Sav Co at 398. The block, door by door
- 5
717 Powell Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Ray Johnson, a porter at S Marsh & Son 1940
Next door in 1940: western weighing co at 733. The block, door by door
- 6
788 Powell Street
Strathcona, 1940
- E Johnson 1940
Next door in 1940: Doutaz J F & Co at 786 and H S Newey at 796. The block, door by door
- 7
1514 Powell Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- F Johnson 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs C J Hooper at 1500 and Wicklow (The) at 1516. The block, door by door
- 8
1516 Powell Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- J Johnson 1940
Next door in 1940: M Adachi at 1514. The block, door by door
- 9
1547 Powell Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs Johnson 1940
Next door in 1940: Atlas Sht Mtl Wks at 1545 and B C Shut-Ins Soc at 1549. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the nine: a porter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (4), Grandview-Woodland (3) and Downtown (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 J Johnson at 56 Powell Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists F Johnson at 123 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists Chris Johnson at 259 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists J Johnson at 396 Powell Street.
The 1940 name section lists Ray Johnson at 717 Powell Street, a porter at S Marsh & Son. The 1940 name section lists E Johnson at 788 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists F Johnson at 1514 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists J Johnson at 1516 Powell Street.
The 1940 name section lists Mrs Johnson at 1547 Powell Street.
Today
56 Powell, 259 Powell and 1516 Powell still have their buildings from before 1946, 56 Powell and 1516 Powell on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 123 Powell, 396 Powell, 717 Powell, 788 Powell, 1514 Powell and 1547 Powell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Johnson J retired56 Powell, p. 306
- Johnson F123 Powell, p. 306
- Johnson Chris259 Powell, p. 305
- Johnson J396 Powell, p. 306
- Johnson Ray porter S Marsh & Son717 Powell, p. 307
- Johnson E788 Powell, p. 305
- Johnson F1514 Powell, p. 306
- Johnson J1516 Powell, p. 306
- Johnson Mrs1547 Powell, p. 305
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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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.