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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

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 West 12th 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

    118 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Victor J Johnson, a furniture 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Masse at 116 and B A Toitras at 128. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2266 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs Betty Johnson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Paget at 2256 and G Hatchwell at 2276. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2608 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R E Johnson, a master mariner 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Gurney at 2620. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a furniture and a master mariner.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Victor J Johnson at 118 West 12th Avenue, a furniture. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Betty Johnson at 2266 West 12th Avenue. In 1940 the directory lists R E Johnson at 2608 West 12th 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 lists Roy E Johnson there as the householder, a master mariner.

Today

118 West 12th and 2608 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2266 West 12th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Johnsons

Every directory, as one book

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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.