A family name on Parker Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Robertsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Robertson at two addresses in 1940, all on Parker Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Robertsons at 2256 Parker 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
2163 Parker Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- J J Robertson, a fisherman 1940
Next door in 1940: F A Trigwell at 2155 and W F Prior at 2169. The block, door by door
- 2
2256 Parker Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Amy Robertson, widow of A E 1940
- Esther H Robertson 1940
- Mary Robertson 1940
Next door in 1940: W Armstrong at 2248 and J Jacobson at 2262. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a fisherman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (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
In 1940 the directory lists J J Robertson at 2163 Parker Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists John J Robertson there as the householder, a fisherman. The 1940 name section lists Amy Robertson at 2256 Parker Street, widow of A E, with Esther H Robertson and Mary Robertson.
Today
2256 Parker still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; 2163 Parker (1984) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Robertson J J2163 Parker, p. 126
- Robertson John J fshrmn2163 Parker, p. 525
- Robertson Amy wid A E2256 Parker, p. 524
- ROBERTSON Esther H2256 Parker, p. 525
- Robertson Mary2256 Parker, 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.