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A family name on Balsam Street, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano and Arbutus Ridge

The Johnstons

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Johnston at two addresses in 1940, all on Balsam Street, with the close spelling Johnstone. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 166 other streets too, all listed on the Johnston name's own page.

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Where the Johnstons lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1546 Balsam Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J B Johnstone, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: balsam apts at 1534. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6275 Balsam Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • J Johnstone, an agent for Metro Life 1940

    Next door in 1940: J B Yuill at 6257. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all two: an agent and an on active service.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale and Kitsilano. 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 J B Johnstone at 1546 Balsam Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph B Johnstone there as the householder, on active service. In 1940 the directory lists J Johnstone at 6275 Balsam Street. The 1940 name section lists John Johnstone there as the householder, an agent for Metro Life.

Today

6275 Balsam (2000) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1546 Balsam, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Johnstons

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.