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A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Robertsons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Robertson at five addresses in 1940, all on West 10th Avenue. 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

    1054 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • William Robertson, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: W P Woods at 1036 and R C Singleton at 1064. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1818 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Cecilia Robertson, widow of D 1940
    • James R Robertson, a salesman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Smith at 1816 and E H Grubbe at 1820. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3136 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W M Robertson, a fireman at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Meek at 3130 and J F Brewis at 3152. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3249 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs N A Robertson, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M V Kent at 3245 and B M Summers at 3255. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4534 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs Elizabeth Robertson 1940

    Next door in 1940: R R Rae at 4520 and A Kitchen at 4540. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a fireman and a salesman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3), Fairview and West Point Grey. 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 William Robertson at 1054 West 10th Avenue, retired. The 1940 name section lists Cecilia Robertson at 1818 West 10th Avenue, widow of D, with James R Robertson, a salesman at Woodward's. In 1940 the directory lists W M Robertson at 3136 West 10th Avenue; 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 lists William M Robertson there as the householder, a fireman at the CPR.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs N A Robertson at 3249 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists N Ada Robertson there as the householder, widow of A. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Elizabeth Robertson at 4534 West 10th Avenue.

Today

3136 West 10th and 3249 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1054 West 10th, 1818 West 10th and 4534 West 10th, so those buildings are 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Robertsons

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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.