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A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Johnsons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Johnson at three addresses in 1940, all on West 10th Avenue, 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 most under one roof: four Johnsons at 12 West 10th 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    12 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Miss B L Johnson 1940
    • Bertha L Johnson, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
    • Elsie V Johnson, a ward assistant at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
    • J Dorothy Johnson, a stenographer at Independence Founders 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Gordon at 22. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1326 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs Evelyn Johnson, a saleswoman for Marion Taylor 1940

    Next door in 1940: M V Morrison at 1316 and A A Lake at 1338. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3227 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • S D Johnson, an engineer at Union Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: A B Morden at 3219 and H L Rothwell at 3235. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: an engineer, an operator, a saleswoman, a stenographer and a ward assistant.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 Miss B L Johnson at 12 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Bertha L Johnson there as the householder, an operator at the BC Telephone, with Elsie V Johnson, a ward assistant at the Vancouver General Hospital, and J Dorothy Johnson, a stenographer at Independence Founders. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Evelyn Johnson at 1326 West 10th Avenue, a saleswoman for Marion Taylor.

S D Johnson is listed at 3227 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Sinclair D Johnson there as the householder, an engineer at Union Oil.

Today

12 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1326 West 10th (2004) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3227 West 10th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.