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A family name on East Hastings Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The Robinsons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Robinson at six addresses in 1940, all on East Hastings 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

    160 East Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Steve Robinson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Royal Thea Barber Shop at 146 and Regent Hotel Shoe Shine at 162. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    403 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Robert Robinson, a salesman at Associated Dairies 1940

    Next door in 1940: collins u drive ltd at 417. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    701 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • H C Robinson, a waiter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Yatsukado at 703. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1036 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Miss I Robinson 1940
    • Isabel Robinson, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Gartos at 1032. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1672 East Hastings Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W J Robinson, a millworker at Sterling Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Kovish at 1652. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3478 East Hastings Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • David Robinson, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: L B Foley at 3434. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a laborer, a millworker, a salesman, a saleswoman and a waiter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (3), Downtown, 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 Steve Robinson at 160 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Robert Robinson at 403 East Hastings Street, a salesman at Associated Dairies. In 1940 the directory lists H C Robinson at 701 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Henry C Robinson there as the householder, a waiter.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss I Robinson at 1036 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Isabel Robinson there as the householder, a saleswoman. In 1940 the directory lists W J Robinson at 1672 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists William J Robinson there as the householder, a millworker at Sterling Lumber.

The 1940 name section lists David Robinson at 3478 East Hastings Street, a laborer.

Today

160 East Hastings and 403 East Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; 701 East Hastings (1970) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1036 East Hastings, 1672 East Hastings and 3478 East Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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.