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A family name on West 19th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Johnstons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Johnston at three addresses in 1940, all on West 19th 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 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

    146 West 19th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • William H Johnston, of A & A Roofing Sales & Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Halkett at 140 and J Redpath at 166. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    960 West 19th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • J Johnston, retired 1940
    • Agnes Johnston, a finisher for Sweet Sixteen 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A Robinson at 956 and L L Kemp at 964. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3691 West 19th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • May Johnston 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Taylor at 3677. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a finisher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park and South Cambie. 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 William H Johnston at 146 West 19th Avenue, of A & A Roofing Sales & Service. J Johnston is listed at 960 West 19th 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 John Johnston there as the householder, retired, with Agnes Johnston, a finisher for Sweet Sixteen. The 1940 name section lists May Johnston at 3691 West 19th Avenue.

Today

146 West 19th, 960 West 19th and 3691 West 19th still have their buildings from before 1946, 146 West 19th on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Every line as printed

All 5 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

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.