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A family name on Bute Street, West End and Downtown

The Robinsons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Robinson at three addresses in 1940, all on Bute Street. 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 145 other streets too, all listed on the Robinson name's own page.

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Where the Robinsons 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

    475 Bute Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J J Robinson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Mattocks at 407. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    975 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • G A Robinson, a department manager at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: plaza (the) at 925 and Mrs M Brown at 983. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1086 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • J Robinson, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E L Monkman at 1036. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a department manager.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2) and Downtown. 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 J Robinson at 475 Bute Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John J Robinson there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists G A Robinson at 975 Bute Street; 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 A Robinson there as the householder, a department manager at Woodward's.

In 1940 the directory lists J Robinson at 1086 Bute Street. The 1940 name section lists John Robinson there as the householder, retired.

Today

975 Bute and 1086 Bute still have their buildings from before 1946, 975 Bute on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 475 Bute, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Robinsons

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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.