A family name on Quebec Street, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and Sunset
The Robertsons
In the city directories 1915–1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Robertson at two addresses between 1915 and 1940, all on Quebec Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Robertsons lived
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- 2
4431 Quebec Street
Riley Park, 1940
- C A Robertson, a salesman at Campbell Motors 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs D Foster at 4425 and D Macaulay at 4439. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant 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
In 1915 the directory lists Mrs Mary J Robertson at 2649 Quebec Street. By 1935 it is Mrs K Robertson. In 1940 the directory lists C A Robertson at 4431 Quebec Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles A Robertson there as the householder, a salesman at Campbell Motors.
Today
2649 Quebec and 4431 Quebec still have their buildings from before 1946, 2649 Quebec on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Robertson Mrs Mary J2649 Quebec, p. 139
Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory, street section
- Robertson Mrs K2649 Quebec, p. 129
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
- Robertson C A4431 Quebec, p. 138
- Robertson Chas A slsmn Campbell Motors4431 Quebec, p. 524
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.