A family name on West Pender Street, Downtown
The Johnstons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Johnston at four addresses in 1940, all on West Pender 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
446 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Murray Johnston, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: Ship's Barber Shop at 444 and Gallagher W H & Co at 448. The block, door by door
- 2
447 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- D W Johnston, in insurance 1940
Next door in 1940: Smith F & Co at 449. The block, door by door
- 3
914 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Robert Johnston, a delivery at Home Kookery 1940
Next door in 1940: Kookery Home at 912 and Touche G A & Co at 916. The block, door by door
- 4
1140 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Ella H Johnston, widow of T 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Clouse at 1132 and E Lipsett at 1166. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a delivery and a driver. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Murray Johnston at 446 West Pender Street, a driver. D W Johnston, in insurance, is listed at 447 West Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert Johnston at 914 West Pender Street, a delivery at Home Kookery. The 1940 name section lists Ella H Johnston at 1140 West Pender Street, widow of T.
Today
1140 West Pender (1984) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 446 West Pender, 447 West Pender and 914 West Pender, so those buildings are 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.
- Johnston Murray drvr446 West Pender, p. 308
- Johnston D W ins447 West Pender, p. 130
- Johnston Robt del Home Kookery914 West Pender, p. 308
- Johnston Ella H wid T sch tchr Van City1140 West Pender, 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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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.