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A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Johnstons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Johnston at four addresses in 1940, all on West 7th 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 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Fred R Johnston, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Stewart at 37 and C L Germyn at 53. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1615 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • William Johnston, a salesman at Vancouver Supplies 1940

    Next door in 1940: J G Adamson at 1609 and T Higginbotham at 1627. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2033 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R C Johnstone, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Maranda at 2023 and F Vause at 2045. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4649 West 7th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J H Johnston, a salesman for A E Austin 1940
    • M Winifred Johnston, a stenographer at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: W W Curties at 4633 and Mrs H Chambers at 4653. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a driver (2), a salesman (2) and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Fred R Johnston at 45 West 7th Avenue, a driver. The 1940 name section lists William Johnston at 1615 West 7th Avenue, a salesman at Vancouver Supplies. In 1940 the directory lists R C Johnstone at 2033 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Robert C Johnstone there as the householder, a driver.

In 1940 the directory lists J H Johnston at 4649 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists J Homer Johnston there as the householder, a salesman for A E Austin, with M Winifred Johnston, a stenographer at UBC.

Today

2033 West 7th (1972) and 4649 West 7th (2013) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 45 West 7th and 1615 West 7th, so those buildings are 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

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.