A family name on West 28th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
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 West 28th Avenue, 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
2905 West 28th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Lizzie M Roberts, widow of W F 1940
Next door in 1940: E Bellhouse at 2915. The block, door by door
- 2
2936 West 28th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J R Roberts, a welder at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: B M Carter at 2920 and M L Brown at 2942. The block, door by door
- 3
3708 West 28th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- C H Roberts, a master mariner 1940
Next door in 1940: G A Madden at 3726. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a master mariner and a welder. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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 Lizzie M Roberts at 2905 West 28th Avenue, widow of W F. J R Roberts is listed at 2936 West 28th Avenue in 1940; 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 R Roberts there as the householder, a welder at the Vancouver General Hospital.
C H Roberts is listed at 3708 West 28th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Cecil H Roberts there as the householder, a master mariner.
Today
2936 West 28th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2905 West 28th and 3708 West 28th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Roberts Lizzie M wid W F2905 West 28th, p. 524
- *Roberts J R2936 West 28th, p. 244
- Roberts John R wldr Van Genl Hosp2936 West 28th, p. 524
- *Roberts C H3708 West 28th, p. 244
- Roberts Cecil H mstr mrnr3708 West 28th, p. 523
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.