A family name on West 41st Avenue, Kerrisdale, Riley Park, Shaughnessy, Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands
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 West 41st Avenue. 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
- 2
2953 West 41st Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- H M Robertson, a school teacher 1940
- Don A Robertson, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: S L Hoskin at 2947 and K Charles at 2963. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a cook and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale and Shaughnessy. 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 Margaret Robertson at 1707 West 41st Avenue, a cook for Dr W H Hatfield. H M Robertson is listed at 2953 West 41st 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 Hugh M Robertson there as the householder, a school teacher, with Don A Robertson, a student at UBC.
Today
1707 West 41st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 2953 West 41st (1969) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Robertson Margt cook Dr W H Hatfield1707 West 41st, p. 525
- *Robertson H M2953 West 41st, p. 258
- Robertson Don A studt UBC2953 West 41st, p. 524
- ROBERTSON Hugh M sch tchr Van City2953 West 41st, p. 525
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.