A family name on Burrard Street, Downtown, West End, Fairview and Kitsilano
The Johnstons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Johnston at three addresses in 1940, all on Burrard 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
777 Burrard Street
West End, 1940
- Eleanor Johnston, widow of C P 1940
Next door in 1940: McLean, Rowles & Co hairdrsr's supp at 775 and Irwinton Gro at 779. The block, door by door
- 2
976 Burrard Street
Downtown, 1940
- Lars Johnston, a cook 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M O'Ray at 970 and Mrs E Dutson at 980. The block, door by door
- 3
1081 Burrard Street
Downtown, 1940
- Jack Johnston, a helper at the St Paul's Hospital 1940
- John Johnston, a helper at the St Paul's Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: A Lloyd at 1055. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a helper (2) and a cook. Two of them worked for St Paul's Hospital. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2) and West End. 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 Eleanor Johnston at 777 Burrard Street, widow of C P. The 1940 name section lists Lars Johnston at 976 Burrard Street, a cook. The 1940 name section lists Jack Johnston at 1081 Burrard Street, a helper at the St Paul's Hospital, with John Johnston, a helper at the St Paul's Hospital.
Today
777 Burrard and 1081 Burrard still have their buildings from before 1946, 1081 Burrard on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 976 Burrard, 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.
- Johnston Eleanor wid C P777 Burrard, p. 307
- Johnston Lars cook976 Burrard, p. 308
- Johnston Jack hlpr St Paul's Hosp1081 Burrard, p. 308
- Johnston John hlpr St Paul's Hosp1081 Burrard, 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.