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A family name on West 2nd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Johnsons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses

The directories print three people named Johnson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 2nd Avenue, with the close spellings Johanson, Johannson and Johansson. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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

    5 West 2nd Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A Johnson, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Singh at 17. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1833 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs J Johnson 1940
    • Johnson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J B Wortley at 1831 and H Nishimura at 1843. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a driver.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in 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 A Johnson at 5 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert Johnson there as the householder, a driver. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J Johnson at 1833 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Johnson there as the householder.

Today

The City no longer lists 1833 West 2nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred); for 5 West 2nd, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

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, street section

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.