A family name on Sherbrooke Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Sunset
The Johnsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Johnson at two addresses in 1940, all on Sherbrooke 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 most under one roof: three Johnsons at 5009 Sherbrooke in 1940. 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
Cedar Cottage
- 1
5009 Sherbrooke Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- V H Johnson, a salesman 1940
- Johnson, an elevator operator at Woodward's 1940
- Ralph A Johnson, a millworker 1940
Next door in 1940: A E Eacott at 5059. The block, door by door
- 2
5261 Sherbrooke Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Daniel E Johnson, a fisherman 1940
Next door in 1940: A Gammer at 5253 and D W McDowall at 5285. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: an elevator operator, a fisherman, a millworker and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (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
In 1940 the directory lists V H Johnson at 5009 Sherbrooke Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Victor H Johnson there as the householder, a salesman, with Johnson, an elevator operator at Woodward's, and Ralph A Johnson, a millworker. The 1940 name section lists Daniel E Johnson at 5261 Sherbrooke Street, a fisherman.
Today
5009 Sherbrooke (1980) and 5261 Sherbrooke (1990) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Johnson V H5009 Sherbrooke, p. 151
- Johnson elev opr Woodwards5009 Sherbrooke, p. 306
- Johnson Ralph A mlwkr5009 Sherbrooke, p. 307
- Johnson Victor H slsmn5009 Sherbrooke, p. 307
- Johnson Danl E fshrmn5261 Sherbrooke, 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.