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A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

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 West 10th Avenue. 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

    111 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A Robinson, a cleaner at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Kitcher at 101 and F H Joyce at 115. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3166 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F H Robinson, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F Clarke at 3160 and R D Buchanan at 3174. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3928 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs K Robinson 1940
    • Dennis E Robinson, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Cook at 3922 and A Leslie at 3940. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a cleaner.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 A Robinson at 111 West 10th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert Robinson there as the householder, a cleaner at the CPR. In 1940 the directory lists F H Robinson at 3166 West 10th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Franklin H Robinson there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs K Robinson at 3928 West 10th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Kathleen Robinson there as the householder, with Dennis E Robinson, a student at UBC.

Today

3166 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 111 West 10th (1981) and 3928 West 10th (1988) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 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

Every directory, as one book

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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.