A family name on East 35th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park
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 East 35th Avenue. 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
106 East 35th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- G L Robinson, a cook 1940
Next door in 1940: L Madden at 116. The block, door by door
- 2
877 East 35th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- H E Robinson 1940
Next door in 1940: J A Collison at 897. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a cook.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park. 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 G L Robinson at 106 East 35th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George L Robinson there as the householder, a cook. In 1940 the directory lists H E Robinson at 877 East 35th Avenue.
Today
877 East 35th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 106 East 35th, 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 G L106 East 35th, p. 250
- Robinson Geo L cook106 East 35th, p. 527
- Robinson H E877 East 35th, p. 250
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.