A family name on Barclay Street, West End
The Robertses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Roberts at three addresses in 1940, all on Barclay Street, with the close spelling Robertis. 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 126 other streets too, all listed on the Roberts name's own page.
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Where the Robertses lived
- 1
1522 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- A Roberts, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: B W Edwards at 1516 and S M Jones at 1530. The block, door by door
- 2
1635 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Cyril Roberts, a waiter at United Cigars 1940
Next door in 1940: H G Haddow at 1627 and E O Whitlam at 1643. The block, door by door
- 3
1662 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- James Roberts, a clerk 1940
Next door in 1940: A Hankin at 1656 and P A De Ryk at 1666. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a clerk, a salesman and a waiter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (3). 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 A Roberts at 1522 Barclay Street, a salesman. The 1940 name section lists Cyril Roberts at 1635 Barclay Street, a waiter at United Cigars. The 1940 name section lists James Roberts at 1662 Barclay Street, a clerk.
Today
The City no longer lists 1522 Barclay, 1635 Barclay and 1662 Barclay, 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.
- Roberts A slsmn1522 Barclay, p. 523
- Roberts Cyril waiter United Cigars1635 Barclay, p. 523
- Roberts Jas clk1662 Barclay, p. 524
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Robertses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Roberts 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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.