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A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

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 Broadway. 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

    979 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • J Robertson, a machinist at the Vivian Engineering Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Hammer at 977 and Kate Greenaway at 981. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    999 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • J A Robertson, a fireman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W M Gerow at 995. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3287 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs C Robertson, a confectioner 1940
    • Jennie E Robertson, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Maple Leaf Shoe Repr at 3283 and T Inaba at 3291. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a confectioner, a fireman, a machinist and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2) and Kitsilano. 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 979 West Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James Robertson there as the householder, a machinist at the Vivian Engineering Works. In 1940 the directory lists J A Robertson at 999 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists James A Robertson there as the householder, a fireman.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs C Robertson, a confectioner, at 3287 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Clara Robertson there, a confectioner, with Jennie E Robertson, a school teacher.

Today

3287 West Broadway still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 999 West Broadway (1972) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 979 West Broadway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Robertsons

Every directory, as one book

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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.