A family name on East 51st Avenue, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney
The Robinsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Robinson at one address, 759 East 51st Avenue in Sunset, in 1940. The directories print the name on 145 other streets too, all listed on the Robinson name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Robinsons at home
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759 East 51st Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- W J Robinson, a machinist 1940
- Ken G E Robinson 1940
- Ron V Robinson 1940
Next door in 1940: R Simpson at 753 and E Smith at 765. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a machinist.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Sunset. 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 W J Robinson at 759 East 51st Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists William J Robinson there as the householder, a machinist, with Ken G E Robinson and Ron V Robinson.
Today
759 East 51st (2003) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Robinson W J759 East 51st, p. 266
- Robinson Ken G E759 East 51st, p. 527
- Robinson Ron V759 East 51st, p. 527
- Robinson Wm J mach759 East 51st, p. 528
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.