A family name on West 42nd Avenue, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Dunbar-Southlands
The Robertsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Robertson at three addresses in 1940, all on West 42nd 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
- 1
1948 West 42nd Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- May V Robertson, a stenographer for Davis White 1940
- Minnie J Robertson, an assistant secretary at the Quilchena Golf Club 1940
Next door in 1940: W R Harvey at 1942 and W A West at 1958. The block, door by door
- 2
2835 West 42nd Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Mrs Helen F Robertson 1940
Next door in 1940: T Smither at 2821 and Mrs J B Beer at 2843. The block, door by door
- 3
3370 West 42nd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- G M Robertson, a salesman at Canadian National Carbon 1940
Next door in 1940: H D Drake at 3350. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an assistant secretary, a salesman and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2) and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 May V Robertson at 1948 West 42nd Avenue, a stenographer for Davis White, with Minnie J Robertson, an assistant secretary at the Quilchena Golf Club. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Helen F Robertson at 2835 West 42nd Avenue. In 1940 the directory lists G M Robertson at 3370 West 42nd 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 George M Robertson there as the householder, a salesman at Canadian National Carbon.
Today
3370 West 42nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 2835 West 42nd (1974) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1948 West 42nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Robertson May V sten Davis White1948 West 42nd, p. 525
- Robertson Minnie J asst sec Quilchena Golf Club1948 West 42nd, p. 525
- ROBERTSON Mrs Helen F2835 West 42nd, p. 525
- *Robertson G M3370 West 42nd, p. 259
- ROBERTSON Geo M slsmn Can Natl Carbon3370 West 42nd, 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.