Vancouver / Names / J / Johnston / West 16th Avenue

A family name on West 16th Avenue, Fairview, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, South Cambie, Shaughnessy, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands 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 16th 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 936 West 16th 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

    936 West 16th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs S J Johnston, widow of J H 1940
    • John H Johnston, who worked for Hardwood Chair 1940
    • Mabel G Johnston, a nurse 1940
    • Mona T Johnston, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Dodek at 930 and A Wylie at 942. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1591 West 16th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W R Johnston, a salesman for Parsons Brown 1940

    Next door in 1940: gloucester court at 1575. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a nurse, a salesman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (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 Mrs S J Johnston at 936 West 16th Avenue; 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 Sarah J Johnston there as the householder, widow of J H, with John H Johnston, who worked for Hardwood Chair, Mabel G Johnston, a nurse, and Mona T Johnston, a stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists W R Johnston at 1591 West 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William R Johnston there as the householder, a salesman for Parsons Brown.

Today

1591 West 16th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 936 West 16th, 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

The book of the Johnstons

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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.