A family name on Mackenzie Street, Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale
The Johnstons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Johnston at one address, 5615 Mackenzie Street in Arbutus Ridge, in 1940, with the close spelling Johnstone. The directories print the name on 166 other streets too, all listed on the Johnston name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Johnstons at home
- 1
5615 Mackenzie Street
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- Mrs A Johnston, widow of A L 1940
- Crawford Johnston, who worked for BC Box 1940
Next door in 1940: A C Ritchie at 5649. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: an employee. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Arbutus Ridge. 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 A Johnston at 5615 Mackenzie 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Annie Johnston there as the householder, widow of A L, with Crawford Johnston, who worked for BC Box.
Today
5615 Mackenzie (1979) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Johnston Mrs A5615 Mackenzie, p. 106
- Johnston Annie wid A L5615 Mackenzie, p. 307
- Johnston Crawford emp BC Box5615 Mackenzie, p. 307
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.
We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.
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.