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A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Johnstons

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at eight addresses

The directories print 13 people named Johnston at eight addresses in 1940, all on West 10th Avenue, 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 most under one roof: three Johnstons at 1125 West 10th 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    150 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • C F Johnston, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: M B Prowd at 148 and J C Uuonska at 156. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    646 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Charles Johnston, a driver at Jersey Farms 1940
    • W Burnan Johnston, a clerk at Safeway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Steedman at 636 and A C Cooke at 654. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    985 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs M Johnstone, widow of J 1940
    • Dennistoun Johnstone, a foreman at Excelsior Paper Stock 1940

    Next door in 1940: garnlea court at 975. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1125 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs L W Johnston, widow of D B 1940
    • Don W Johnston, a student at UBC 1940
    • Florence E Johnston, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A M Broughton at 1115 and Mrs C Henry at 1135. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1298 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs L Johnston, widow of W J 1940
    • Pamela I N Johnston, a bookkeeper at Owl Drug 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A M Stewart at 1278. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2215 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H Johnston, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E P Betterton at 2211 and A W Macey at 2225. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    4014 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A W Johnston, an attendant at Medical Building Garage 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Cutler at 4010 and R F Collins at 4020. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    4673 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • T Johnston, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev J C Switzer at 4669. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the 13: a driver (2), an attendant, a bookkeeper, a clerk, an employee and a foreman, among others. Three are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (4), West Point Grey (2), Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 C F Johnston at 150 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles F Johnston there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Charles Johnston at 646 West 10th Avenue, a driver at Jersey Farms, with W Burnan Johnston, a clerk at Safeway.

Mrs M Johnstone is listed at 985 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Marjory Johnstone there as the householder, widow of J, with Dennistoun Johnstone, a foreman at Excelsior Paper Stock. Mrs L W Johnston is listed at 1125 West 10th Avenue in 1940; 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 Laura W Johnston there as the householder, widow of D B, with Don W Johnston, a student at UBC, and Florence E Johnston, a school teacher.

Mrs L Johnston is listed at 1298 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Lidie Johnston there as the householder, widow of W J, with Pamela I N Johnston, a bookkeeper at Owl Drug. H Johnston is listed at 2215 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harry Johnston there as the householder, a driver.

A W Johnston is listed at 4014 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Aylmer W Johnston there as the householder, an attendant at Medical Building Garage. T Johnston is listed at 4673 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Johnston there as the householder, who worked for the BC Telephone.

Today

150 West 10th, 1298 West 10th and 4014 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946, 150 West 10th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 985 West 10th (1985) and 1125 West 10th (1964) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 646 West 10th, 2215 West 10th and 4673 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 20 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.