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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

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 Granville 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    718 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs E J Robinson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Birks H & Sons (BC) Ltd at 710 and scott's cafe at 722. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    871 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • T M Robinson, proprietor of the Palms Hotel 1940
    • Rosemary Robinson, a housekeeper at the Palms Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Jerome's at 869 and Weston Fur Co at 873. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1025 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Ken J Robinson, a secretary at Ashloo Gold Mines Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C Stearman at 1023 and Plaza Hotel at 1029. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1155 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs W Robinson, widow of H J 1940

    Next door in 1940: Bank of Montreal at 1149 and W Bailey at 1157. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1261 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Maitland W Robinson, who worked for Retail Credit Grantors Bailiffs 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wosk's Ltd at 1259 and Crescent Furn at 1267. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1336 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • G Robinson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Cecil Cafe at 1326 and Independent Motors at 1344. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a housekeeper, a proprietor and a secretary. Two of them worked for Palms Hotel. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (6). 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 Mrs E J Robinson at 718 Granville Street. T M Robinson is listed at 871 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas M Robinson there as the householder, proprietor of the Palms Hotel, with Rosemary Robinson, a housekeeper at the Palms Hotel. The 1940 name section lists Ken J Robinson at 1025 Granville Street, a secretary at Ashloo Gold Mines Ltd.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs W Robinson at 1155 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Wilhelmina Robinson there as the householder, widow of H J. The 1940 name section lists Maitland W Robinson at 1261 Granville Street, who worked for Retail Credit Grantors Bailiffs. The 1940 name section lists G Robinson at 1336 Granville Street.

Today

1025 Granville, 1155 Granville and 1261 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946, 1025 Granville on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 718 Granville, 871 Granville and 1336 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Shops, parked cars and a few people on the 800 block of Granville Street on a Sunday
1923 Shops, parked cars and a few people on the 800 block of Granville Street on a Sunday. Taken on the 800 block; it doesn't single out the house at 871 Granville. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 677-954. Public domain.

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, street section

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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.