A family name on West 33rd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Johnstons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Johnston at two addresses in 1940, all on West 33rd 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 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
- 1
3243 West 33rd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Johnston 1940
- William H Johnston, an agency director at the Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Association 1940
Next door in 1940: W F Scott at 3237 and G A Moreside at 3255. The block, door by door
- 2
3342 West 33rd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- R E Johnston, a managing director for R E Johnston 1940
- Ann J Johnston, widow of A 1940
Next door in 1940: B C Samis at 3358. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an agency director and a managing director. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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 Johnston at 3243 West 33rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William H Johnston there as the householder, an agency director at the Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Association. In 1940 the directory lists R E Johnston at 3342 West 33rd 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 lists Robert E Johnston there as the householder, a managing director for R E Johnston, with Ann J Johnston, widow of A.
Today
3342 West 33rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 3243 West 33rd (2011) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Johnston3243 West 33rd, p. 249
- Johnston Wm H agcy dir Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Assn3243 West 33rd, p. 309
- *Johnston R E3342 West 33rd, p. 249
- Johnston Ann J wid A3342 West 33rd, p. 307
- Johnston Robt E mng dir R E Johnston3342 West 33rd, p. 308
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.