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A family name on West Cordova Street, Downtown

The Johnsons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Johnson at four addresses in 1940, all on West Cordova Street, 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 14 West Cordova 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

    14 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Ernst Johanson, a logger 1940
    • Albin Johnson 1940
    • Edward Johnson, a logger 1940
    • Harold Johnson, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: Garbo Cafe at 12 and Central Drug Store at 16. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    50 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Carl Johnson, a waiter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hatchery Queen at 36 and C Carlson at 52. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    58 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Oscar Johnson, a watch repairer for Mrs A F Peterson 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Cohen at 56 and Project Workers Relief at 60. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    304 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Andrew Johnson, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Toyama at 302 and Cassidy Cafe at 306. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a logger (3), a salesman, a waiter and a watch repairer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (4). 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 Ernst Johanson at 14 West Cordova Street, a logger, with Albin Johnson, Edward Johnson, a logger, and Harold Johnson, a logger. The 1940 name section lists Carl Johnson at 50 West Cordova Street, a waiter. The 1940 name section lists Oscar Johnson at 58 West Cordova Street, a watch repairer for Mrs A F Peterson. The 1940 name section lists Andrew Johnson at 304 West Cordova Street, a salesman.

Today

50 West Cordova and 304 West Cordova still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 14 West Cordova and 58 West Cordova, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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.