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A family name on East 45th Avenue, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney

The Robertses

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Roberts at two addresses in 1940, all on East 45th Avenue, with the close spelling Robertis. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    605 East 45th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • S Roberts 1940
    • Emily E Roberts, widow of S 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A Tepper at 615. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3114 East 45th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • J Roberts, retired 1940
    • Mary Roberts, a saleswoman for F Frost 1940

    Next door in 1940: L J Taylor at 3104 and F Farmer at 3128. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a saleswoman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Killarney and Sunset. 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 S Roberts at 605 East 45th 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 Emily E Roberts there as the householder, widow of S. In 1940 the directory lists J Roberts at 3114 East 45th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Roberts there as the householder, retired, with Mary Roberts, a saleswoman for F Frost.

Today

605 East 45th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 3114 East 45th (1980) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 5 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 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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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.