A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
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 West 10th 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 most under one roof: three Robertses at 1350 West 10th in 1940. 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
39 West 10th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- E A J Roberts, a bookseller 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss F M Reid at 37 and J Zokol at 45. The block, door by door
- 2
1350 West 10th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- J H Roberts, a salesman 1940
- Blodwen Roberts 1940
- Harry V Roberts, a clerk for Kelly Douglas 1940
Next door in 1940: A A Lake at 1338 and W Holmgren at 1352. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a bookseller, a clerk and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and Mount Pleasant. 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 E A J Roberts at 39 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Evan A J Roberts there as the householder, a bookseller. In 1940 the directory lists J H Roberts at 1350 West 10th 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 lists John H Roberts there as the householder, a salesman, with Blodwen Roberts, and Harry V Roberts, a clerk for Kelly Douglas.
Today
The City no longer lists 39 West 10th and 1350 West 10th, 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 E A J39 West 10th, p. 198
- Roberts Evan A J bookseller 1684 E Bway39 West 10th, p. 523
- *Roberts J H1350 West 10th, p. 199
- Roberts Blodwen1350 West 10th, p. 523
- Roberts Harry V clk Kelly Douglas1350 West 10th, p. 523
- Roberts John H slsmn1350 West 10th, p. 524
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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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.