A family name on Adanac Street, Hastings-Sunrise, Strathcona and Grandview-Woodland
The Robinsons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Robinson at two addresses in 1940, all on Adanac Street. 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 145 other streets too, all listed on the Robinson name's own page.
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Where the Robinsons lived
- 1
2049 Adanac Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- F Robinson, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs N E Campbell at 2043 and M Schleibinger at 2055. The block, door by door
- 2
2602 Adanac Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- W Robinson, a marble worker 1940
Next door in 1940: A Lang at 2608. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a marble worker and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 F Robinson at 2049 Adanac Street, a school teacher. W Robinson is listed at 2602 Adanac Street 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 William Robinson there as the householder, a marble worker.
Today
2602 Adanac (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2049 Adanac, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Robinson F sch tchr Van City2049 Adanac, p. 526
- *Robinson W2602 Adanac, p. 2
- Robinson Wm marble wkr2602 Adanac, p. 527
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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: 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.