A family name on West 49th Avenue, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Dunbar-Southlands
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 49th 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
- 1
1638 West 49th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Irene E Johnson, a maid for A A Arnold 1940
Next door in 1940: E H Cotter at 1628 and J A W Bell at 1644. The block, door by door
- 2
2609 West 49th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Johnson, a maid for V B Forrester 1940
Next door in 1940: W R Dawson at 2629. The block, door by door
- 3
2858 West 49th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- A L Johnson, a dentist 1940
Next door in 1940: E R Taylor at 2826 and Mrs E E Shatford at 2898. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a maid (2) and a dentist.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale (3). 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 Irene E Johnson at 1638 West 49th Avenue, a maid for A A Arnold. The 1940 name section lists Johnson at 2609 West 49th Avenue, a maid for V B Forrester. In 1940 the directory lists A L Johnson at 2858 West 49th 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 Archie L Johnson there as the householder, a dentist.
Today
1638 West 49th, 2609 West 49th and 2858 West 49th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Johnson Irene E maid A A Arnold1638 West 49th, p. 306
- Johnson maid V B Forrester2609 West 49th, p. 306
- *Johnson A L2858 West 49th, p. 265
- Johnson Archie L dentist 526, 925 W Georgia2858 West 49th, p. 305
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Johnsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Johnson name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.