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A family name on Haro Street, West End

The Robinsons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Robinson at three addresses in 1940, all on Haro 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

    1070 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs G Robinson 1940
    • Ruby Robinson, an entertainer 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Mansfield at 1066. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1118 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • E Robinson, a nursemaid at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs K Pyke at 1114 and J Gosse at 1126. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1718 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Robert Robinson 1940

    Next door in 1940: T C Kerr at 1716 and E E Nixon at 1728. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an entertainer and a nursemaid.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (3). 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 G Robinson at 1070 Haro Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Gwen Robinson there as the householder, with Ruby Robinson, an entertainer. The 1940 name section lists E Robinson at 1118 Haro Street, a nursemaid at the Vancouver General Hospital. The 1940 name section lists Robert Robinson at 1718 Haro Street.

Today

The City no longer lists 1070 Haro, 1118 Haro and 1718 Haro, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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.