A family name on East 20th Avenue, Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Robertsons
In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses
The directories print six people named Robertson at three addresses in 1940, all on East 20th Avenue. 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 Robertsons at 1205 East 20th 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
339 East 20th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- John Robertson, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs R Tapping at 335 and Mrs I M Elliott at 347. The block, door by door
- 2
730 East 20th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Robert Robertson, a clerk at the Liquor Control Board 1940
Next door in 1940: A H Burnham at 734. The block, door by door
- 3
1205 East 20th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- R Robertson, an iron moulder 1940
- Helen Robertson 1940
- Jenny Robertson, a stenographer at the Northern Electric 1940
- Mary Robertson 1940
Next door in 1940: O L Mills at 1209. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a clerk, an iron moulder, a salesman and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Riley Park. 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 John Robertson at 339 East 20th Avenue, a salesman. The 1940 name section lists Robert Robertson at 730 East 20th Avenue, a clerk at the Liquor Control Board. In 1940 the directory lists R Robertson at 1205 East 20th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Robert Robertson there as the householder, an iron moulder, with Helen Robertson, Jenny Robertson, a stenographer at the Northern Electric, and Mary Robertson.
Today
339 East 20th and 730 East 20th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1205 East 20th (1997) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Robertson John slsmn339 East 20th, p. 525
- Robertson Robt clk Liq Cont Bd730 East 20th, p. 525
- Robertson R1205 East 20th, p. 230
- ROBERTSON Helen1205 East 20th, p. 525
- Robertson Jenny sten Northern Elec1205 East 20th, p. 525
- Robertson Mary1205 East 20th, p. 525
- Robertson Robt iron mldr1205 East 20th, 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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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.