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A family name on Haro Street, West End

The Robertsons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Robertson at four addresses in 1940, all on Haro 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1150 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • D McL Robertson, proprietor of Arcade Baths 1940
    • Don A Robertson 1940

    Next door in 1940: shelbourne (the) at 1144 and Hospital Nurses Home Infants at 1152. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1275 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss E Robertson 1940
    • Elaine Robertson, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A Brown at 1243. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1877 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss E Robertson 1940
    • Etta D Robertson, a bookkeeper at Rogers Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Budibent at 1865 and C H Cameron at 1889. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2036 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Robertson (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: H F Lumb at 2030 and Miss E Medley at 2080. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a bookkeeper, a proprietor and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (4). 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 D McL Robertson at 1150 Haro Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Don McL Robertson there as the householder, proprietor of Arcade Baths, with Don A Robertson. In 1940 the directory lists Miss E Robertson at 1275 Haro Street. The 1940 name section lists Elaine Robertson there as the householder, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss E Robertson at 1877 Haro Street. The 1940 name section lists Etta D Robertson there as the householder, a bookkeeper at Rogers Ltd. The 1940 name section lists Robertson (no first name printed) at 2036 Haro Street.

Today

1150 Haro and 1877 Haro still have their buildings from before 1946, 1150 Haro on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1275 Haro (1964) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2036 Haro, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.