A family name on Venables Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Johnsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Johnson at three addresses in 1940, all on Venables 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
2006 Venables Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- C N Johnson, an oiler at BC Sugar 1940
Next door in 1940: F Wilson at 2012. The block, door by door
- 2
2441 Venables Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- G Johnson, a shipper at Millar & Coe 1940
Next door in 1940: F E Oben at 2439 and J Ross at 2471. The block, door by door
- 3
3383 Venables Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- H Johnson, a logger 1940
Next door in 1940: E I Magri at 3379 and P L Bergh at 3385. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a logger, an oiler and a shipper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 C N Johnson at 2006 Venables Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Cecil N Johnson there as the householder, an oiler at BC Sugar. In 1940 the directory lists G Johnson at 2441 Venables Street. The 1940 name section lists George Johnson there as the householder, a shipper at Millar & Coe.
In 1940 the directory lists H Johnson at 3383 Venables Street. The 1940 name section lists Hugo Johnson there as the householder, a logger.
Today
2006 Venables and 2441 Venables still have their buildings from before 1946; for 3383 Venables, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Johnson C N2006 Venables, p. 160
- Johnson Cecil N oiler BC Sugar2006 Venables, p. 305
- Johnson G2441 Venables, p. 160
- Johnson Geo shpr Millar & Coe2441 Venables, p. 306
- Johnson H3383 Venables, p. 161
- Johnson Hugo logr3383 Venables, p. 306
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.