A family name on East 8th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Johnstons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Johnston at three addresses in 1940, all on East 8th 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
124 East 8th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J Johnston, a caretaker at Mason Lodge 1940
Next door in 1940: mason lodge at 110 and L T Robinson at 138. The block, door by door
- 2
613 East 8th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- James G Johnstone, a recorder at the BC District Telegraph 1940
Next door in 1940: J Baty at 617. The block, door by door
- 3
1343 East 8th Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs K E Johnston, widow of J A 1940
Next door in 1940: F Mahy at 1337 and C C Pippet at 1349. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a caretaker and a recorder. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2) 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
In 1940 the directory lists J Johnston at 124 East 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Johnston there as the householder, a caretaker at Mason Lodge. The 1940 name section lists James G Johnstone at 613 East 8th Avenue, a recorder at the BC District Telegraph.
Mrs K E Johnston is listed at 1343 East 8th 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 Katie E Johnston there as the householder, widow of J A.
Today
The City no longer lists 124 East 8th, 613 East 8th and 1343 East 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Johnston J124 East 8th, p. 193
- Johnston John caretkr Mason Lodge124 East 8th, p. 308
- Johnstone Jas G recorder BC Dist Teleg613 East 8th, p. 309
- *Johnston Mrs K E1343 East 8th, p. 194
- Johnston Katie E wid J A1343 East 8th, p. 308
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.