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A family name on West 23rd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge

The Johnstons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Johnston at four addresses in 1940, all on West 23rd 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

    45 West 23rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • L W Johnstone, a warehouseman 1940
    • Jean Johnstone 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Lougheed at 39 and F A Johnston at 59. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    59 West 23rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • F A Johnston, a salesman at Ker & Ker 1940
    • Vivian M Johnston, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: L W Johnstone at 45 and D Martin at 65. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    191 West 23rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • S E Johnston, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W N Bertram at 185 and J Brownlee at 195. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    262 West 23rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • R A Johnston, a mechanic at the Country Freight Lines 1940

    Next door in 1940: G V E Logan at 242 and C A Morrison at 276. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a salesman (2), a mechanic, a school teacher and a warehouseman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (4). 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 L W Johnstone at 45 West 23rd 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 Leslie W Johnstone there as the householder, a warehouseman, with Jean Johnstone. In 1940 the directory lists F A Johnston at 59 West 23rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Fred A Johnston there as the householder, a salesman at Ker & Ker, with Vivian M Johnston, a school teacher.

In 1940 the directory lists S E Johnston at 191 West 23rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Sam E Johnston there as the householder, a salesman. In 1940 the directory lists R A Johnston at 262 West 23rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Roy A Johnston there as the householder, a mechanic at the Country Freight Lines.

Today

45 West 23rd and 59 West 23rd still have their buildings from before 1946; 191 West 23rd (2009) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 262 West 23rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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

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.