A family name on Powell Street, Strathcona, Downtown and Grandview-Woodland
The Robertsons
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Robertson at four addresses in 1940, all on Powell 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
55 Powell Street
Downtown, 1940
- D Robertson 1940
- Thomas Robertson 1940
Next door in 1940: Salv Army Japanese Corps at 53. The block, door by door
- 2
123 Powell Street
Downtown, 1940
- F Robertson 1940
Next door in 1940: B C Junk at 135. The block, door by door
- 3
396 Powell Street
Strathcona, 1940
- William Robertson, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: New Fish Mkt at 394 and Japan & Canada Trust Sav Co at 398. The block, door by door
- 4
717 Powell Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Fred Robertson, a shoemaker 1940
Next door in 1940: western weighing co at 733. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a driver and a shoemaker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2) and Strathcona (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists D Robertson at 55 Powell Street, with Thomas Robertson. The 1940 name section lists F Robertson at 123 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists William Robertson at 396 Powell Street, a driver. The 1940 name section lists Fred Robertson at 717 Powell Street, a shoemaker.
Today
55 Powell still has its building from before 1946, dated 1906 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 123 Powell, 396 Powell and 717 Powell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Robertson D55 Powell, p. 524
- Robertson Thos55 Powell, p. 526
- ROBERTSON F123 Powell, p. 525
- Robertson Wm drvr396 Powell, p. 526
- ROBERTSON Fred shoemkr717 Powell, 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.