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A family name on West 18th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Robertses

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Roberts at two addresses in 1940, all on West 18th 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. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    196 West 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J S Roberts, a grocer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Orlaw at 192. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3873 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Eleanor M Roberts, widow of D 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Harris at 3869. The block, door by door

What they did

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

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Riley Park. 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 J S Roberts, a grocer, at 196 West 18th 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 Joseph S Roberts there, a grocer. The 1940 name section lists Eleanor M Roberts at 3873 West 18th Avenue, widow of D.

Today

196 West 18th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1940 by the City's record; 3873 West 18th (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 3 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

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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.