A family name on Lincoln Street, Killarney and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Robinsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Robinson at one address, 5844 Lincoln Street in Killarney, in 1940. The directories print the name on 145 other streets too, all listed on the Robinson name's own page.
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The Robinsons at home
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5844 Lincoln Street
Killarney, 1940
- Mrs J Robinson, widow of A 1940
- Alfred Robinson, a helper for A Gair 1940
- Roy Robinson, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: S C Poulding at 5824 and A J Malcolm at 5852. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a driver and a helper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Killarney. 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 J Robinson at 5844 Lincoln Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jessie Robinson there as the householder, widow of A, with Alfred Robinson, a helper for A Gair, and Roy Robinson, a driver.
Today
The City no longer lists 5844 Lincoln, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Robinson Mrs J5844 Lincoln, p. 103
- Robinson Alfd hlpr A Gair5844 Lincoln, p. 526
- Robinson Jessie wid A5844 Lincoln, p. 527
- Robinson Roy drvr5844 Lincoln, p. 527
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.