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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Johnstons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses

The directories print five people named Johnston at two addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue, 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: four Johnstons at 3166 West 11th 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

    1126 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Ella Johnston, a stenographer at Shores 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Groves at 1106 and J H Williams at 1134. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3166 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • S E Johnston 1940
    • John B Mc Johnston, a student 1940
    • Patricia F Johnston 1940
    • Winnifred E A Johnston 1940

    Next door in 1940: D M Morrison at 3156 and J W Scott at 3176. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the five: a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview and Kitsilano. 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 Ella Johnston at 1126 West 11th Avenue, a stenographer at Shores. S E Johnston is listed at 3166 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Sam E Johnston there as the householder, with John B Mc Johnston, a student, Patricia F Johnston, and Winnifred E A Johnston.

Today

3166 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 1126 West 11th (1992) has a newer building, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Johnstons

Every directory, as one book

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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.