A family name on West Georgia Street, Downtown and West End
The Robertsons
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Robertson at three addresses in 1940, all on West Georgia Street. 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 1040 West Georgia 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
- 1
900 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- Helen L Robertson, a maid at the Vancouver Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: Wilson W & J at 920. The block, door by door
- 2
925 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- F N Robertson, a physician 1940
Next door in 1940: Lunch Sandwich at 915 and Macdonald's Prescriptions at 929. The block, door by door
- 3
1040 West Georgia Street
West End, 1940
- Miss E Robertson 1940
- J M Robertson, of J M Robertson Co 1940
- Ella Robertson, a stenographer at H Bell-Irving 1940
Next door in 1940: McDermott Motors Ltd at 1018 and Begg Motor Co Ltd (used cars) at 1056. The block, door by door
The story, address by address
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Helen L Robertson at 900 West Georgia Street, a maid at the Vancouver Hotel. F N Robertson, a physician, is listed at 925 West Georgia Street in 1940.
In 1940 the directory lists J M Robertson at 1040 West Georgia Street. By 1940 it is Miss E Robertson. The 1940 name section lists J Maxwell Robertson there as the householder, of J M Robertson Co, with Ella Robertson, a stenographer at H Bell-Irving.
Today
900 West Georgia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1933 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1040 West Georgia (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 925 West Georgia, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- ROBERTSON Helen L maid Van Hotel900 West Georgia, p. 525
- Robertson F N phys925 West Georgia, p. 57
- Robertson Miss E1040 West Georgia, p. 58
- Robertson J M1040 West Georgia, p. 58
- ROBERTSON Ella sten H Bell-Irving1040 West Georgia, p. 525
- Robertson J Maxwell of J M Robertson Co1040 West Georgia, 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.