A family name on West Georgia Street, Downtown and West End
The Johnstons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Johnston at three addresses in 1940, all on West Georgia Street, 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
- 1
801 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- James R Johnston, in master-at-arms at Canadian Pacific Steamships 1940
Next door in 1940: devonshire hotel at 849. The block, door by door
- 2
1012 West Georgia Street
West End, 1940
- Miss E Johnston, a restaurant 1940
Next door in 1940: W Cooper at 1010 and McDermott Motors Ltd at 1018. The block, door by door
- 3
1119 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mildred A Johnston, a saleswoman at The Modiste 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss A A McCune at 1103 and G R Burgess at 1125. The block, door by door
The story, address by address
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James R Johnston at 801 West Georgia Street, in master-at-arms at Canadian Pacific Steamships. Miss E Johnston, a restaurant, is listed at 1012 West Georgia Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mildred A Johnston at 1119 West Georgia Street, a saleswoman at The Modiste.
Today
801 West Georgia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1012 West Georgia and 1119 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Johnston Jas R mstr-at-arms CPSS801 West Georgia, p. 308
- Johnston Miss E restr1012 West Georgia, p. 58
- Johnston Mildred A slswm The Modiste1119 West Georgia, p. 308
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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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.