A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Robinsons
In the city directories 1940 · 246 addresses on 146 streets
The directories print the Robinson name at 246 addresses on 146 streets in 1940, in 20 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Robinsons lived
- Downtown34 addresses
- West End24 addresses
- Fairview21 addresses
- Mount Pleasant20 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage19 addresses
- Kitsilano17 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland16 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise12 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood12 addresses
- Riley Park10 addresses
- Strathcona10 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands8 addresses
- Kerrisdale8 addresses
- Sunset8 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge7 addresses
- West Point Grey6 addresses
- Shaughnessy4 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview4 addresses
- Killarney3 addresses
- South Cambie3 addresses
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1East Hastings StreetSix addresses in Downtown, Strathcona, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; seven people: H C Robinson, W J Robinson and David Robinson, and four more1940
- 2Granville StreetSix addresses in Downtown; seven people: Mrs W Robinson, T M Robinson and G Robinson, and four more1940
- 3West BroadwaySix addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; eleven people: D Robinson, F G Robinson and G E Robinson, and eight more1940
- 4East BroadwayFive addresses in Mount Pleasant; eleven people: J W Robinson, Mrs D Robinson and Mrs G M Robinson, and eight more1940
- 5East Georgia StreetFive addresses in Strathcona, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; six people: L G Robinson, H H Robinson and Margaret Robinson, and three more1940
- 6West 13th AvenueFive addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; six people: G H Robinson, Mrs W B Robinson and C P Robinson, and three more1940
- 7West 14th AvenueFive addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; six people: A W Robinson, G A Robinson and L A Robinson, and three more1940
- 8East 28th AvenueFour addresses in Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood; six people: J J Robinson, Mrs T D Robinson and Gordon Robinson, and three more1940
- 9Eton StreetFour addresses in Hastings-Sunrise; four people: H Robinson, Dawson B Robinson and Norah Robinson, and one more1940
- 10Powell StreetFour addresses in Downtown and Grandview-Woodland; four people: George Robinson, George Robinson and H Robinson, and one more1940
- 11Richards StreetFour addresses in Downtown; four people: W Robinson, J W Robinson and Mrs S A Robinson, and one more1940
- 12West Pender StreetFour addresses in Downtown; four people: Mrs M Robinson, Eva Robinson and Marge Robinson, and one more1940
134 more streets, by name: Adanac Street (2), Alberni Street (1), Angus Drive (1), Arbutus Street (1), Balsam Street (1), Barclay Street (1), Broughton Street (2), Burrard Street (3), Bute Street (3), Cardero Street (1), Commercial Drive (1), Commercial Street (1), Comox Street (1), Cornwall Avenue (1), Davie Street (3), Drake Street (1), Duke Street (1), Dumfries Street (1), Dundas Street (2), Dunsmuir Street (1), East 10th Avenue (1), East 11th Avenue (3), East 12th Avenue (2), East 13th Avenue (1), East 14th Avenue (2), East 18th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 20th Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (3), East 29th Avenue (2), East 33rd Avenue (1), East 35th Avenue (2), East 37th Avenue (1), East 39th Avenue (1), East 41st Avenue (1), East 42nd Avenue (1), East 43rd Avenue (2), East 45th Avenue (1), East 47th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 50th Avenue (1), East 51st Avenue (1), East 54th Avenue (1), East 59th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 63rd Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (3), East Cordova Street (2), East King Edward Avenue (3), East Pender Street (2), Fairmont Street (1), Frances Street (1), Franklin Street (1), Fraser Street (2), Galt Street (1), Hamilton Street (1), Haro Street (3), Harwood Street (3), Heather Street (2), Heatley Avenue (1), Helmcken Street (1), Homer Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Joyce Street (1), Kamloops Street (1), Kings Avenue (1), Langara Avenue (1), Lime Street (1), Lincoln Street (1), Main Street (2), Manor Street (1), Matthews Avenue (1), Melville Street (1), Moss Street (1), Nanaimo Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Nicola Street (1), Ontario Street (1), Ormidale Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Pandora Street (1), Parker Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Renfrew Street (1), Robson Street (3), Seymour Street (1), Slocan Street (1), Spruce Street (1), Stephens Street (1), Trafalgar Street (1), Trinity Street (1), Turner Street (3), Victoria Drive (2), Vine Street (2), Walden Street (1), Welwyn Street (1), Wenonah Street (1), West 10th Avenue (3), West 11th Avenue (2), West 12th Avenue (3), West 15th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (2), West 18th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (2), West 1st Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (2), West 37th Avenue (2), West 39th Avenue (3), West 3rd Avenue (2), West 40th Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 47th Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (2), West 51st Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (2), West 61st Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (2), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (3), West Hastings Street (1), Whyte Avenue (1), Windsor Street (1), Yew Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 246 addresses, 86 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 63 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 96; each street's page names them.
The book of the Robinsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Robinson 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 (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under R. Want a name removed? Tell us.