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A family name on West 30th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Robertses

In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses

The directories print three people named Roberts at two addresses in 1940, all on West 30th 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

    2856 West 30th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • G H Roberts, a salesman at C C Cross & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: D R Wilson at 2846 and Mrs B Inches at 2866. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3922 West 30th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • M H Roberts, a commercial traveller 1940
    • William G Roberts, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: St Georges School at 3914 and H P MacAllen at 3930. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a commercial traveller and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 G H Roberts at 2856 West 30th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists G Howard Roberts there as the householder, a salesman at C C Cross & Co. In 1940 the directory lists M H Roberts at 3922 West 30th 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 Maurice H Roberts there as the householder, a commercial traveller, with William G Roberts, a student.

Today

3922 West 30th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 2856 West 30th (2010) 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

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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.