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A family name on West 64th Avenue, Marpole and Kerrisdale

The Johnsons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Johnson at three addresses in 1940, all on West 64th 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: four Johnsons at 1797 West 64th 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

    1291 West 64th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • F E Johnson, of Johnson Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C B Sigsworth at 1275. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1781 West 64th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • J A Johannson, a sales manager at BC Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Walsh at 1771 and J S Johannson at 1797. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1797 West 64th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • J S Johannson, an assistant manager at BC Plywoods 1940
    • Ellen Johannson, widow of E 1940
    • Ena F Johannson, a stenographer at Pemberton & Son 1940
    • Lilian M Johannson, a stenographer at Wood Gundy 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Johannson at 1781. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a stenographer (2), an assistant manager and a sales manager. Two of them worked for BC Plywoods. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Marpole (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

In 1940 the directory lists F E Johnson at 1291 West 64th 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 Frederick E Johnson there as the householder, of Johnson Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists J A Johannson at 1781 West 64th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists J Alex Johannson there as the householder, a sales manager at BC Plywoods.

In 1940 the directory lists J S Johannson at 1797 West 64th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph S Johannson there, an assistant manager at BC Plywoods, with Ellen Johannson, widow of E, Ena F Johannson, a stenographer at Pemberton & Son, and Lilian M Johannson, a stenographer at Wood Gundy.

Today

1291 West 64th, 1781 West 64th and 1797 West 64th still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 9 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.