A family name on Franklin Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Johnstons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Johnston at two addresses in 1940, all on Franklin Street, with the close spelling Johnstone. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
1806 Franklin Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs L Johnston 1940
Next door in 1940: G Garisto at 1802 and C O Soderberg at 1808. The block, door by door
- 2
2568 Franklin Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- C P Johnstone, a bookkeeper 1940
- Blanche E Johnstone 1940
Next door in 1940: H Kutsukake at 2558 and J Lewis at 2576. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a bookkeeper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Mrs L Johnston at 1806 Franklin Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Lila Johnston there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists C P Johnstone at 2568 Franklin Street. The 1940 name section lists Charles P Johnstone there as the householder, a bookkeeper, with Blanche E Johnstone.
Today
The City no longer lists 1806 Franklin and 2568 Franklin, 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 Mrs L1806 Franklin, p. 51
- Johnston Mrs Lila1806 Franklin, p. 308
- Johnstone C P2568 Franklin, p. 52
- Johnstone Blanche E2568 Franklin, p. 309
- Johnstone Chas P bkpr2568 Franklin, p. 309
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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Another name, or a house
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.