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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Robertsons

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at five addresses

The directories print nine people named Robertson at five addresses in 1940, all on West 12th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Robertsons at 3862 West 12th in 1940. 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

    1047 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs Vera Robertson 1940

    Next door in 1940: M McNeil at 1043 and D O Lewis at 1055. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1326 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss M Robertson 1940
    • Marjorie Robertson, an artist 1940

    Next door in 1940: C D Newcomb at 1316 and E C Lattin at 1336. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1405 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss E M Robertson 1940
    • Elinor M Robertson, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Lieven at 1411. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3862 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • H L Robertson, a draftsman 1940
    • Darwin H Robertson, a student at UBC 1940
    • Violet H Robertson, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Yellowlees at 3856 and Mrs A C Smith at 3866. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4273 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Miss M A Robertson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss E M Moodie at 4261 and G P Findlay at 4277. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the nine: an artist, a draftsman, a school teacher and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3) and West Point Grey (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 Mrs Vera Robertson at 1047 West 12th Avenue. Miss M Robertson is listed at 1326 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Marjorie Robertson there as the householder, an artist.

Miss E M Robertson is listed at 1405 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Elinor M Robertson there as the householder, a school teacher. H L Robertson is listed at 3862 West 12th Avenue in 1940; 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 Horatio L Robertson there as the householder, a draftsman, with Darwin H Robertson, a student at UBC, and Violet H Robertson, a stenographer.

Miss M A Robertson is listed at 4273 West 12th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too.

Today

3862 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 1405 West 12th (1992) and 4273 West 12th (1969) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1047 West 12th and 1326 West 12th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.