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A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Johnsons

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at six addresses

The directories print ten people named Johnson at six addresses in 1940, all on West 8th 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 2871 West 8th 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

    1455 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • E J Johnson, a master mariner at Pacific Coyle Navigation 1940

    Next door in 1940: Gowen Sutton Co Ltd at 1445 and S McMaster at 1495. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2058 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M Johanson, widow of C 1940
    • C Alfred Johanson, a seaman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss F M Corley at 2052 and L Padgett at 2066. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2840 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Gertrude H Johnson, widow of I E 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Furniss at 2836 and L McKenzie at 2846. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2871 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • K M Johnson 1940
    • Johnson, a gardener 1940
    • Benjamin A K Johnson, of The Oasis 1940
    • W M Johnson, a telephone operator at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Turner at 2861 and Mrs D Campbell at 2881. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2935 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • S Johnson, a driver for Sigurdsons Millwork 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Stevenson at 2925 and L J Field at 2945. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3731 West 8th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • D Kathleen Johnson, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: M H Dunn at 3719 and J L Parkes at 3743. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the ten: a driver, a gardener, a master mariner, a seaman and a telephone operator. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (4), Fairview 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

In 1940 the directory lists E J Johnson at 1455 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edward J Johnson there as the householder, a master mariner at Pacific Coyle Navigation. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Johanson at 2058 West 8th 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 Marie Johanson there as the householder, widow of C, with C Alfred Johanson, a seaman.

The 1940 name section lists Gertrude H Johnson at 2840 West 8th Avenue, widow of I E. K M Johnson is listed at 2871 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Johnson there as the householder, a gardener, with Benjamin A K Johnson, of The Oasis, and W M Johnson, a telephone operator at the Hudson's Bay Company.

S Johnson is listed at 2935 West 8th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Skuli Johnson there as the householder, a driver for Sigurdsons Millwork. The 1940 name section lists D Kathleen Johnson at 3731 West 8th Avenue, a student at UBC.

Today

1455 West 8th, 2058 West 8th and 2871 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1455 West 8th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2840 West 8th (1990) and 2935 West 8th (1990) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3731 West 8th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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.