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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Johnsons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Johnson at three addresses in 1940, all on West 11th 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 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

    112 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • C B Johnson, a factory manager at Gault Bros 1940
    • Evelyn Johnson 1940

    Next door in 1940: C S Philp at 104 and Miss M Armstrong at 118. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1346 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs B M Johnson, widow of A I 1940
    • William J Johnson, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: rose court at 1336 and G W Malton at 1356. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1685 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • V L Johnson, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Ballantyne at 1675 and elpine lodge at 1695. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a factory manager and a painter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2) 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 C B Johnson at 112 West 11th Avenue; 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 Clarence B Johnson there as the householder, a factory manager at Gault Bros, with Evelyn Johnson. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs B M Johnson at 1346 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Bessie M Johnson there as the householder, widow of A I, with William J Johnson, a student at UBC.

In 1940 the directory lists V L Johnson at 1685 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Victor L Johnson there as the householder, a painter.

Today

112 West 11th (2007), 1346 West 11th (1954) and 1685 West 11th (1980) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.