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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Robartses

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Robarts at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Robartses at 4446 West 13th in 1940.

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Where the Robartses 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

    4446 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • R R Robarts, a master mariner at M R Cliff & BC Mills Towing 1940
    • James C Robarts, a salesman for H A Roberts 1940
    • Naomi Robarts, a stenographer at Vancouver Welfare Fed 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Miller at 4438 and R V Kentish-Rankin at 4454. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1538 West 40th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • G W Robarts, a pilot at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Kerr at 1512 and J McGavin at 1562. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a master mariner, a pilot, a salesman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Shaughnessy 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 R R Robarts at 4446 West 13th 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 Rupert R Robarts there as the householder, a master mariner at M R Cliff & BC Mills Towing, with James C Robarts, a salesman for H A Roberts, and Naomi Robarts, a stenographer at Vancouver Welfare Fed. In 1940 the directory lists G W Robarts at 1538 West 40th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George W Robarts there as the householder, a pilot at the Canadian Government.

Today

4446 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 1538 West 40th (2018) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Robartses

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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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.