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A family name on West 34th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Robertses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Roberts at three addresses in 1940, all on West 34th 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 most under one roof: four Robertses at 3806 West 34th 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

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

    2221 West 34th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • D Roberts 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Dickie at 2207 and V C Cowan at 2235. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3215 West 34th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J E Roberts, an orderly at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: R G Simmons at 3205 and R B Grieve at 3227. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3806 West 34th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A Roberts, a carpenter at Northey Construction Co 1940
    • Edward M Roberts, a student 1940
    • Frederick S Roberts, a laborer at Northey Construction Co 1940
    • Ralph Roberts, a janitor 1940

    Next door in 1940: A M Crawford at 3814. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a carpenter, a janitor, a laborer and an orderly. Two of them worked for Northey Construction Co.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) and Arbutus Ridge. 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 D Roberts at 2221 West 34th 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 David Roberts there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists J E Roberts at 3215 West 34th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James E Roberts there as the householder, an orderly at the Vancouver General Hospital.

In 1940 the directory lists A Roberts at 3806 West 34th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alex Roberts there as the householder, a carpenter at Northey Construction Co, with Edward M Roberts, a student, Frederick S Roberts, a laborer at Northey Construction Co, and Ralph Roberts, a janitor.

Today

2221 West 34th (1989) and 3806 West 34th (1985) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3215 West 34th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.