A family name on West 6th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
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 6th 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
- 1
2155 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Margaret G Roberts, an elocution teacher 1940
- Robert E Roberts, a bricklayer 1940
Next door in 1940: P C H Smith at 2145 and G Martin at 2161. The block, door by door
- 2
2575 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- A J Roberts, a salesman at Gehrke's 1940
Next door in 1940: C J Reid at 2585. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a bricklayer, an elocution teacher and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (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 Margaret G Roberts at 2155 West 6th Avenue, an elocution teacher, with Robert E Roberts, a bricklayer. A J Roberts is listed at 2575 West 6th 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 Arthur J Roberts there as the householder, a salesman at Gehrke's.
Today
The City no longer lists 2575 West 6th, so that building is probably gone (inferred); for 2155 West 6th, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Roberts Margt G elocution tchr2155 West 6th, p. 524
- Roberts Robt E brklyr2155 West 6th, p. 524
- *Roberts A J2575 West 6th, p. 188
- Roberts Arth J slsmn Gehrke's2575 West 6th, 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.