A family name on Comox Street, West End
The Robertsons
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Robertson at three addresses in 1940, all on Comox Street. 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 Robertsons at 1324 Comox in 1940. The directories print the name on 150 other streets too, all listed on the Robertson name's own page.
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Where the Robertsons lived
- 1
1114 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Robertson (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: J A Alexander at 1110 and Mrs E M Dahle at 1120. The block, door by door
- 2
1324 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- D C Robertson, a branch manager at the Ogilvie Flour Mills 1940
- H Keith Robertson, a clerk at the Ogilvie Flour Mills 1940
- Phyllis Robertson, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: H J Cave at 1320 and H A H Oliver at 1330. The block, door by door
- 3
1836 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Graham Robertson, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: P H Percival at 1830 and R H Fairbairn at 1844. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a branch manager, a clerk and a motorman. Two of them worked for Ogilvie Flour Mills.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (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 Robertson (no first name printed) at 1114 Comox Street. D C Robertson is listed at 1324 Comox Street 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 David C Robertson there as the householder, a branch manager at the Ogilvie Flour Mills, with H Keith Robertson, a clerk at the Ogilvie Flour Mills, and Phyllis Robertson, a student at UBC. The 1940 name section lists Graham Robertson at 1836 Comox Street, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway.
Today
1114 Comox still has its building from before 1946, dated 1901 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1324 Comox and 1836 Comox, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Robertson Miss —1114 Comox, p. 524
- *Robertson D C1324 Comox, p. 35
- Robertson David C br mgr Ogilvie Flour Mills1324 Comox, p. 524
- ROBERTSON H Keith clk Ogilvie Flour Mills1324 Comox, p. 525
- Robertson Phyllis studt UBC1324 Comox, p. 525
- ROBERTSON Graham mtrmn BCER1836 Comox, p. 525
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Robertsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Robertson 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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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.