A family name on West 41st Avenue, Kerrisdale, Riley Park, Shaughnessy, Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands
The Robertses
In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses
The directories print six people named Roberts at four addresses in 1940, all on West 41st 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: three Robertses at 2751 West 41st 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
- 2
2096 West 41st Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- A G Roberts 1940
Next door in 1940: Boulevarde Shop at 2092 and Technocracy Inc at 2098. The block, door by door
- 3
2179 West 41st Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- R H Roberts, in hardware 1940
Next door in 1940: Can Window Bkries at 2175 and P R Starkey at 2181. The block, door by door
- 4
2751 West 41st Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Mrs B F E Roberts, widow of H C 1940
- L Margaret Roberts, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
- Marion Roberts, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss S Verner at 2703. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a nurse and a president. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2) and Shaughnessy (2). 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 Harry A Roberts at 1638 West 41st Avenue, a president at H A Roberts Ltd. A G Roberts is listed at 2096 West 41st Avenue in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists R H Roberts, in hardware, at 2179 West 41st Avenue.
Mrs B F E Roberts is listed at 2751 West 41st 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 Beatrice F E Roberts there as the householder, widow of H C, with L Margaret Roberts, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital, and Marion Roberts, a student.
Today
2096 West 41st (1960) and 2179 West 41st (1955) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1638 West 41st and 2751 West 41st, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Roberts Harry A pres H A Roberts Ltd1638 West 41st, p. 523
- Roberts A G2096 West 41st, p. 258
- Roberts R H hdw2179 West 41st, p. 258
- *Roberts Mrs B F E2751 West 41st, p. 258
- Roberts Beatrice F E wid H C prop Kerrisdale Convalescent Home2751 West 41st, p. 523
- Roberts L Margt nurse Van Genl Hosp2751 West 41st, p. 524
- Roberts Marion studt2751 West 41st, p. 524
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.