A family name on Trinity Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland
The Johnstons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Johnston at two addresses in 1940, all on Trinity 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
2302 Trinity Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Sam Johnston, a laborer at the Mountain View Cemetery 1940
Next door in 1940: J A Duthie at 2312. The block, door by door
- 2
2846 Trinity Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- C E Johnston, a clerk at US Immigration 1940
Next door in 1940: A Mina at 2834 and D Maxwell at 2856. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a clerk and a laborer.
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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Sam Johnston at 2302 Trinity Street, a laborer at the Mountain View Cemetery. C E Johnston is listed at 2846 Trinity Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Carl E Johnston there as the householder, a clerk at US Immigration.
Today
2846 Trinity still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2302 Trinity, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Johnston Sam lab Mtn View Cemetery2302 Trinity, p. 308
- Johnston C E2846 Trinity, p. 157
- Johnston Carl E clk US Immig2846 Trinity, p. 307
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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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.