A family name on Barclay Street, West End
The Johnstons
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Johnston at four addresses in 1940, all on Barclay Street, with the close spelling Johnstone. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
- 1
1072 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- John Johnstone, a barber at Alberta Barber Shop 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs J W Wallace at 1060 and Mrs E M Plumb at 1074. The block, door by door
- 2
1356 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- George Johnstone, a clerk at Union Oil 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Angus at 1348 and T Costen at 1362. The block, door by door
- 3
1834 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- H M Johnston, on active service 1940
Next door in 1940: H R Bennett at 1832 and F L Fellowes at 1844. The block, door by door
- 4
1974 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- George C Johnston, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal 1940
- Wilfred Johnston, an elevator operator at the Kensington Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A Whiteway at 1958. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all five: a clerk (2), a barber, an elevator operator and an on active service.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (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 John Johnstone at 1072 Barclay Street, a barber at Alberta Barber Shop. The 1940 name section lists George Johnstone at 1356 Barclay Street, a clerk at Union Oil. In 1940 the directory lists H M Johnston at 1834 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section lists Herbert M Johnston there as the householder, on active service.
The 1940 name section lists George C Johnston at 1974 Barclay Street, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal, with Wilfred Johnston, an elevator operator at the Kensington Hotel.
Today
The City no longer lists 1072 Barclay, 1356 Barclay, 1834 Barclay and 1974 Barclay, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Johnstone John barber Alberta Barber Shop1072 Barclay, p. 309
- Johnstone Geo clk Union Oil1356 Barclay, p. 309
- Johnston H M1834 Barclay, p. 9
- Johnston Herbt M act serv1834 Barclay, p. 308
- Johnston Geo C clk Bk of Mont1974 Barclay, p. 308
- Johnston Wilfd elev opr Kensington Hotel1974 Barclay, p. 308
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Johnstons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Johnston name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.