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A family name on West 3rd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Johnsons

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Johnson at four addresses in 1940, all on West 3rd 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: five Johnsons at 3622 West 3rd 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

    2099 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Howard A Johnson, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: L N Lindsay at 2077. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2832 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Arthur C Johnson, a salesman at Imperial Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Chicoyne at 2830 and C McIntosh at 2834. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3622 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W G Johnson, a salesman 1940
    • Edith W Johnson, a clerk 1940
    • Eleanor W Johnson 1940
    • Frances I M Johnson, a student 1940
    • Willette E Johnson, a clerk at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: C F Millar at 3616 and E N Drier at 3624. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4365 West 3rd Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • B D L Johnson, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Pullen at 4347 and O F Orr at 4389. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a clerk (2), a salesman (2), a carpenter and an on active service.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3) and West Point Grey. 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 Howard A Johnson at 2099 West 3rd Avenue, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Arthur C Johnson at 2832 West 3rd Avenue, a salesman at Imperial Oil. In 1940 the directory lists W G Johnson at 3622 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William G Johnson there as the householder, a salesman, with Edith W Johnson, a clerk, Eleanor W Johnson, Frances I M Johnson, a student, and Willette E Johnson, a clerk at Spencer's.

In 1940 the directory lists B D L Johnson at 4365 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Bernard D L Johnson there as the householder, on active service.

Today

2832 West 3rd and 3622 West 3rd still have their buildings from before 1946, 3622 West 3rd on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4365 West 3rd (1993) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2099 West 3rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.