A family name on Slocan Street, Renfrew-Collingwood and Hastings-Sunrise
The Robertsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Robertson at two addresses in 1940, all on Slocan 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.
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Where the Robertsons lived
- 1
4671 Slocan Street
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- Mrs H Robertson, a cleaner at the Marine Building 1940
Next door in 1940: N L Coburn at 4657 and J Robertson at 4687. The block, door by door
- 2
4687 Slocan Street
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- J Robertson, a carpenter 1940
- E Irene Robertson, an operator at Bartram Paper Products 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs H Robertson at 4671. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a carpenter, a cleaner and an operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (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 Mrs H Robertson at 4671 Slocan 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 Mrs Hazel Robertson there as the householder, a cleaner at the Marine Building. In 1940 the directory lists J Robertson at 4687 Slocan Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Robertson there as the householder, a carpenter, with E Irene Robertson, an apprentice for E Anderson, and Edna Robertson, an operator at Bartram Paper Products.
Today
4671 Slocan (1973) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4687 Slocan, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Robertson Mrs H4671 Slocan, p. 152
- ROBERTSON Mrs Hazel clnr Marine Bldg4671 Slocan, p. 525
- *Robertson J4687 Slocan, p. 152
- Robertson E Irene appr E Anderson4687 Slocan, p. 524
- ROBERTSON Edna opr Bartram Paper Prod4687 Slocan, p. 525
- Robertson John carp4687 Slocan, 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.