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A family name on Vine Street, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale

The Johnstons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Johnston at two addresses in 1940, all on Vine 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 most under one roof: three Johnstons at 6026 Vine in 1940. 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. 1

    6026 Vine Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • W P Johnston, retired 1940
    • Alex M Johnston, a secretary-treasurer for Boultbee Sweet 1940
    • William A C Johnston, a mechanic at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: L C Smith at 6020 and H Turner at 6036. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6206 Vine Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • G C Johnston, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Cooke at 6226. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk, a mechanic and a secretary-treasurer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2). 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 W P Johnston at 6026 Vine 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 William P Johnston there as the householder, retired, with Alex M Johnston, a secretary-treasurer for Boultbee Sweet, and William A C Johnston, a mechanic at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists G C Johnston at 6206 Vine Street. The 1940 name section lists George C Johnston there as the householder, with George C Johnston Jr, a clerk.

Today

6206 Vine (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 6026 Vine, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.