A family name on Thurlow Street, West End and Downtown
The Johnsons
In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses
The directories print five people named Johnson at five addresses in 1940, all on Thurlow 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
784 Thurlow Street
West End, 1940
- Etta M Johnson, widow of T 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E I Johnston at 752. The block, door by door
- 2
807 Thurlow Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs Johnson 1940
Next door in 1940: G A Burton at 811. The block, door by door
- 3
938 Thurlow Street
West End, 1940
- Howard Johnson, a clerk at the Georgia Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: W H Martin at 934 and R P Barrett at 940. The block, door by door
- 4
1069 Thurlow Street
West End, 1940
- Eva Johnson 1940
Next door in 1940: G A Cousins at 1037 and W A Coates at 1077. The block, door by door
- 5
1148 Thurlow Street
West End, 1940
- Johnson 1940
Next door in 1940: J Smith at 1100 and J B Physick at 1156. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the five: a clerk. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (5). 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 Etta M Johnson at 784 Thurlow Street, widow of T. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Johnson at 807 Thurlow Street. The 1940 name section lists Howard Johnson at 938 Thurlow Street, a clerk at the Georgia Hotel. The 1940 name section lists Eva Johnson at 1069 Thurlow Street.
The 1940 name section lists Johnson at 1148 Thurlow Street.
Today
784 Thurlow still has its building from before 1946, dated 1908 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 807 Thurlow, 938 Thurlow, 1069 Thurlow and 1148 Thurlow, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Johnson Etta M wid T784 Thurlow, p. 306
- Johnson Mrs807 Thurlow, p. 305
- Johnson Howard clk Georgia Hotel938 Thurlow, p. 306
- Johnson Eva1069 Thurlow, p. 306
- Johnson1148 Thurlow, 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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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.