A family name on East 22nd Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
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 East 22nd Avenue, 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
2032 East 22nd Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Georgina M Johnston, widow of J 1940
Next door in 1940: C R Wilband at 2026 and Mrs W Ledger at 2038. The block, door by door
- 2
2478 East 22nd Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- E I Johnston, a laborer at Buckerfield's 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M G Hicks at 2432. The block, door by door
- 3
2792 East 22nd Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- R J Johnstone, a meat cutter 1940
- M A Tasie Johnstone, a stenographer 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss E Waterman at 2766. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a laborer, a meat cutter and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 Georgina M Johnston at 2032 East 22nd Avenue, widow of J. E I Johnston is listed at 2478 East 22nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section lists Edward I Johnston there as the householder, a laborer at Buckerfield's.
R J Johnstone is listed at 2792 East 22nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert J Johnstone there as the householder, a meat cutter, with M A Tasie Johnstone, a stenographer.
Today
2478 East 22nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1922 by the City's record; 2032 East 22nd (2018) and 2792 East 22nd (1977) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Johnston Georgina M wid J2032 East 22nd, p. 308
- *Johnston E I2478 East 22nd, p. 234
- Johnston Edw I lab Buckerfield's2478 East 22nd, p. 307
- Johnstone R J2792 East 22nd, p. 234
- Johnstone M A Tasie sten2792 East 22nd, p. 309
- Johnstone Robt J meat ctr2792 East 22nd, p. 309
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.