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A family name on East 7th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The Johnstons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Johnston at four addresses in 1940, all on East 7th 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    4 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Edna Johnston, a school teacher at the Burnaby Corporation 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Swaffield at 12. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    133 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs D Johnstone, widow of A G 1940

    Next door in 1940: Salv Army at 125 and L F Lowe at 141. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    611 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R M Johnstone 1940
    • B E Johnston 1940

    Next door in 1940: J T Thomson at 653. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1777 East 7th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • G F Johnston, a superintendent at the Goodwill Activities Association 1940
    • George A Johnston, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: T H Sharp at 1765. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a school teacher and a superintendent. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (3) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 Edna Johnston at 4 East 7th Avenue, a school teacher at the Burnaby Corporation. Mrs D Johnstone is listed at 133 East 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Dolly Johnstone there as the householder, widow of A G.

B E Johnston is listed at 611 East 7th Avenue in 1940. In 1940 the listing there is R M Johnstone. G F Johnston is listed at 1777 East 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George F Johnston there as the householder, a superintendent at the Goodwill Activities Association, with George A Johnston, a student.

Today

133 East 7th, 611 East 7th and 1777 East 7th still have their buildings from before 1946; 4 East 7th (1993) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.