A family name on Robson Street, West End and Downtown
The Robinsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Robinson at three addresses in 1940, all on Robson 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
- 1
1241 Robson Street
West End, 1940
- Lillian I Robinson, a waitress at Fred's Lunch 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Packer at 1237 and Mrs F Hemmings at 1259. The block, door by door
- 2
1310 Robson Street
West End, 1940
- Ellen Robinson, a widow 1940
Next door in 1940: Dent J M & Sons at 1300 and Mrs B Bethune at 1332. The block, door by door
- 3
1462 Robson Street
West End, 1940
- Etola M Robinson 1940
Next door in 1940: A Haraldsen at 1428 and Majestic Conf at 1466. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a waitress. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Lillian I Robinson at 1241 Robson Street, a waitress at Fred's Lunch. The 1940 name section lists Ellen Robinson at 1310 Robson Street, a widow. The 1940 name section lists Etola M Robinson at 1462 Robson Street.
Today
The City no longer lists 1241 Robson, 1310 Robson and 1462 Robson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Robinson Lillian I waitress Fred's Lunch1241 Robson, p. 527
- Robinson Ellen wid —1310 Robson, p. 526
- Robinson Etola M1462 Robson, p. 526
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.