A family name on West 6th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Johnstons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Johnston at two addresses in 1940, all on West 6th 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
1828 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- G S Johnstone, a signalman 1940
Next door in 1940: R J Duncan at 1822 and I N Kidd at 1840. The block, door by door
- 2
4460 West 6th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- A Johnston, a clerk at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: J H Lindahl at 4474. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a clerk and a signalman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 G S Johnstone at 1828 West 6th 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 George S Johnstone there as the householder, a signalman. In 1940 the directory lists A Johnston at 4460 West 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Johnston there as the householder, a clerk at the City of Vancouver.
Today
4460 West 6th (2017) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1828 West 6th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Johnstone G S1828 West 6th, p. 188
- Johnstone Geo S signalmn1828 West 6th, p. 309
- *Johnston A4460 West 6th, p. 189
- Johnston Arth clk Van City4460 West 6th, p. 307
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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Another name, or a house
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.