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The Johnstons

In the city directories 1940 · 303 addresses on 167 streets

The directories print the Johnston name at 303 addresses on 167 streets in 1940, in 21 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Johnstone. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Johnstons lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. West End42 addresses
  2. Downtown33 addresses
  3. Kitsilano32 addresses
  4. Fairview27 addresses
  5. Mount Pleasant25 addresses
  6. Grandview-Woodland20 addresses
  7. Kensington-Cedar Cottage20 addresses
  8. Dunbar-Southlands16 addresses
  9. Kerrisdale13 addresses
  10. Riley Park12 addresses
  11. Hastings-Sunrise9 addresses
  12. West Point Grey9 addresses
  13. Sunset8 addresses
  14. Arbutus Ridge7 addresses
  15. Strathcona6 addresses
  16. Renfrew-Collingwood5 addresses
  17. Shaughnessy5 addresses
  18. Victoria-Fraserview5 addresses
  19. Marpole4 addresses
  20. South Cambie3 addresses
  21. Oakridge2 addresses

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    West 12th AvenueNine addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; twelve people: A H Johnston, J C Johnstone and Mrs M Johnston, and nine more
    1940
  2. 2
    West 10th AvenueEight addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; 13 people: A W Johnston, C F Johnston and H Johnston, and ten more
    1940
  3. 3
    West 13th AvenueSeven addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; twelve people: A C Johnston, A I Johnston and C E Johnston, and nine more
    1940
  4. 4
    Granville StreetSix addresses in Downtown; eight people: G C Johnston, Harold Johnston and J Johnston, and five more
    1940
  5. 5
    Nelson StreetSix addresses in Downtown and West End; six people: J Johnston, Frank Johnston and Johnston, and three more
    1940
  6. 6
    Robson StreetSix addresses in Downtown and West End; six people: G Johnston, Cecil R Johnston and John Johnston, and three more
    1940
  7. 7
    West 14th AvenueSix addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and Kitsilano; eight people: J J Johnston, R W Johnston and W H Johnston, and five more
    1940
  8. 8
    East BroadwayFive addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; seven people: A G Johnstone, A L Johnston and Mrs A E Johnston, and four more
    1940
  9. 9
    Barclay StreetFour addresses in West End; five people: H M Johnston, George C Johnston and George Johnstone, and two more
    1940
  10. 10
    Bute StreetFour addresses in Downtown and West End; four people: Mrs D Johnston, R Johnston and W H Johnston, and one more
    1940
  11. 11
    East 7th AvenueFour addresses in Mount Pleasant and Grandview-Woodland; six people: G F Johnston, Mrs D Johnstone and B E Johnston, and three more
    1940
  12. 12
    Haro StreetFour addresses in West End; four people: G W Johnston, Jessie F Johnstone and John Johnston, and one more
    1940

155 more streets, by name: Abbott Street (1), Adanac Street (3), Adera Street (1), Alberni Street (1), Alberta Street (2), Alexander Street (1), Arbutus Street (1), Balsam Street (2), Beach Avenue (1), Beatrice Street (2), Bellevue Drive (1), Bidwell Street (3), Blenheim Street (1), Broughton Street (1), Burrard Street (3), Cardero Street (1), Chester Street (1), Chilco Street (1), Commercial Drive (1), Commercial Street (1), Cornwall Avenue (1), Cotton Drive (1), Culloden Street (1), Cypress Street (2), Davie Street (1), Dundas Street (1), East 11th Avenue (3), East 12th Avenue (3), East 14th Avenue (1), East 16th Avenue (1), East 19th Avenue (1), East 20th Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (3), East 24th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (2), East 28th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 35th Avenue (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (3), East 49th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 50th Avenue (1), East 51st Avenue (1), East 54th Avenue (1), East 57th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 62nd Avenue (1), East 63rd Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (2), East 8th Avenue (3), East Cordova Street (2), East Georgia Street (2), East Hastings Street (1), Elm Street (1), Frances Street (1), Franklin Street (2), Fraser Street (2), Graveley Street (1), Harwood Street (3), Hawks Avenue (1), Heather Street (1), Helmcken Street (1), Hemlock Street (2), Highbury Street (1), Holland Street (1), Homer Street (1), Hornby Street (2), Howe Street (1), Hoy Street (1), Jackson Avenue (1), Keefer Street (1), Knight Street (1), Lakewood Drive (1), Lanark Street (1), Larch Street (1), Lillooet Street (1), Macdonald Street (1), Mackenzie Street (1), Main Street (2), Maple Street (1), Marguerite Street (1), McKinnon Street (1), Morton Avenue (1), Nicola Street (1), Oak Street (1), Ontario Street (2), Osler Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Parker Street (1), Pendrell Street (4), Perry Street (1), Pine Crescent (1), Point Grey Road (3), Richards Street (1), Salsbury Drive (1), Seymour Street (2), Stephens Street (1), Thurlow Street (3), Trafalgar Street (1), Trinity Street (2), Triumph Street (1), Turner Street (1), Venables Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), Vine Street (2), Welwyn Street (1), West 11th Avenue (2), West 15th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (2), West 17th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (3), West 1st Avenue (3), West 20th Avenue (2), West 21st Avenue (1), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (4), West 26th Avenue (2), West 28th Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (2), West 31st Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (2), West 34th Avenue (3), West 35th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (2), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 44th Avenue (1), West 45th Avenue (2), West 49th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (4), West 59th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (2), West 64th Avenue (2), West 68th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (2), West 7th Avenue (4), West 8th Avenue (4), West Broadway (2), West Georgia Street (3), West Hastings Street (3), West King Edward Avenue (1), West Pender Street (4), William Street (1), Windsor Street (1), Wolfe Avenue (1), Yew Street (1), Yukon Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 303 addresses, 109 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 76 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 117; each street's page names them.

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under J. Want a name removed? Tell us.