A family name on Gilford Street, West End
The Robertses
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Roberts at three addresses in 1940, all on Gilford 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
744 Gilford Street
West End, 1940
- Kathleen Roberts, widow of W J 1940
Next door in 1940: A L Minet at 740 and G W Pedlar at 746. The block, door by door
- 2
778 Gilford Street
West End, 1940
- Miss C Roberts 1940
- Constance Roberts, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: R L Aiken at 748 and Mrs R Martin at 786. The block, door by door
- 3
1154 Gilford Street
West End, 1940
- W H Roberts, a vice-president at H A Roberts Ltd 1940
- A O Roberts 1940
Next door in 1940: G L Foerster at 1106. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: an operator and a vice-president. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
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 Kathleen Roberts at 744 Gilford Street, widow of W J. Miss C Roberts is listed at 778 Gilford Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Constance Roberts there as the householder, an operator at the BC Telephone.
W H Roberts is listed at 1154 Gilford Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Walter H Roberts there as the householder, a vice-president at H A Roberts Ltd, with A O Roberts.
Today
1154 Gilford still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 744 Gilford and 778 Gilford, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Roberts Kathleen wid W J744 Gilford, p. 524
- Roberts Miss C778 Gilford, p. 59
- Roberts Constance opr BC Tel778 Gilford, p. 523
- Roberts W H1154 Gilford, p. 59
- Roberts A O1154 Gilford, p. 523
- Roberts Walter H v-pres H A Roberts Ltd1154 Gilford, 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.