A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole
The Robertsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Robertson at three addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. 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
825 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- J Robertson, a superintendent at the Medical Arts Building 1940
Next door in 1940: R G Hunter at 823 and Green Parrot Coffee Shop at 827. The block, door by door
- 2
1176 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Robert Robertson, proprietor of Robert's Beauty & Barber Supplies 1940
Next door in 1940: T Davis at 1168 and Peter Pan Cafe at 1180. The block, door by door
- 3
1227 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- R Robertson, a meat cutter 1940
Next door in 1940: Austin Hotel at 1221 and Maple Conf at 1229. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a meat cutter, a proprietor and a superintendent.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (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
In 1940 the directory lists J Robertson at 825 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James Robertson there as the householder, a superintendent at the Medical Arts Building. The 1940 name section lists Robert Robertson at 1176 Granville Street, proprietor of Robert's Beauty & Barber Supplies. The 1940 name section lists R Robertson at 1227 Granville Street, a meat cutter.
Today
825 Granville and 1176 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1227 Granville, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Robertson J825 Granville, p. 65
- Robertson Jas supt Medical Arts Bldg825 Granville, p. 525
- Robertson Robt prop Robert's Beauty & Barber Supp1176 Granville, p. 525
- Robertson R meat ctr1227 Granville, p. 525
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.