A family name on Harwood Street, West End
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 Harwood 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
1037 Harwood Street
West End, 1940
- George Johnston 1940
Next door in 1940: S J McGuire at 1031 and C O Patterson at 1041. The block, door by door
- 2
1329 Harwood Street
West End, 1940
- Ella Johnston, a stenographer 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A Richardson at 1323 and “Rooms” at 1339. The block, door by door
- 3
1492 Harwood Street
West End, 1940
- H B Johnston, a farmer 1940
Next door in 1940: H G Allison at 1436 and Mrs P B Saunders at 1496. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a farmer and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (3). 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 George Johnston at 1037 Harwood Street. The 1940 name section lists Ella Johnston at 1329 Harwood Street, a stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists H B Johnston at 1492 Harwood Street; 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 Hugh B Johnston there as the householder, a farmer.
Today
1492 Harwood still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1037 Harwood and 1329 Harwood, so those buildings are 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 Geo1037 Harwood, p. 308
- Johnston Ella sten1329 Harwood, p. 308
- *Johnston H B1492 Harwood, p. 73
- Johnston Hugh B farmer1492 Harwood, 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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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.