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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Robertsons

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named Robertson at six addresses in 1940, all on West 11th 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    139 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J Robertson, a blacksmith at the Vancouver Engineering Works 1940
    • Margaret M Robertson, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss G Adams at 137 and J Brahan at 145. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    625 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Dorothy E Robertson, a student at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: G S Rempel at 617 and O P Berry at 635. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1134 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Alex Robertson, retired 1940
    • Don A Robertson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Inkster at 1126 and Mrs L E Ballentine at 1146. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1226 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Liela Robertson, a stenographer at the Vancouver City School Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: J D Smith at 1236. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1686 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Jack Robertson, a tailor at Tip Top Tailors 1940

    Next door in 1940: H G Sills at 1678 and penrhyn lodge at 1696. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3848 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W B Robertson 1940
    • Beverley W Robertson, a laborer at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: H McGraw at 3844 and Mrs D M McFeely at 3854. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: a blacksmith, a laborer, a nurse, a stenographer and a tailor. Two of them worked for Vancouver General Hospital.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Mount Pleasant (2) 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

In 1940 the directory lists J Robertson at 139 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Robertson there as the householder, a blacksmith at the Vancouver Engineering Works, with Margaret M Robertson, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital. The 1940 name section lists Dorothy E Robertson at 625 West 11th Avenue, a student at the Vancouver General Hospital. The 1940 name section lists Alex Robertson at 1134 West 11th Avenue, retired, with Don A Robertson.

The 1940 name section lists Liela Robertson at 1226 West 11th Avenue, a stenographer at the Vancouver City School Board. The 1940 name section lists Jack Robertson at 1686 West 11th Avenue, a tailor at Tip Top Tailors. In 1940 the directory lists W B Robertson at 3848 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William B Robertson there as the householder, with Beverley W Robertson, a laborer at Canadian White Pine.

Today

139 West 11th, 1226 West 11th and 3848 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1134 West 11th (1956) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 625 West 11th and 1686 West 11th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.