A family name on Point Grey Road, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
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 Point Grey Road, 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
2465 Point Grey Road
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs B M Johnston, widow of L 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs B McG Lammers at 2449 and R N Shakespeare at 2495. The block, door by door
- 2
3167 Point Grey Road
Kitsilano, 1940
- T L Johnston, an accountant at the Burrard Shipyard & Engineering Works 1940
Next door in 1940: C B Fowler at 3161 and W Hinden at 3175. The block, door by door
- 3
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an accountant and an officer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (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
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs B M Johnston at 2465 Point Grey Road. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Bertha M Johnston there as the householder, widow of L. In 1940 the directory lists T L Johnston at 3167 Point Grey Road; 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 T Laurie Johnston there as the householder, an accountant at the Burrard Shipyard & Engineering Works.
In 1940 the directory lists L H Johnston at 3436 Point Grey Road. The 1940 name section lists Leonard H Johnston there as the householder, an officer at Canadian Pacific Steamships.
Today
3436 Point Grey Road still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 2465 Point Grey Road (2009) and 3167 Point Grey Road (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Johnston Mrs B M2465 Point Grey Road, p. 133
- Johnston Bertha M wid L2465 Point Grey Road, p. 307
- *Johnston T L3167 Point Grey Road, p. 134
- Johnston T Laurie acct Burrard Shipyd & Eng Wks3167 Point Grey Road, p. 308
- Johnston L H3436 Point Grey Road, p. 134
- Johnston Leonard H offcr CPSS3436 Point Grey Road, p. 308
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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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.