A family name on West 16th Avenue, Fairview, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, South Cambie, Shaughnessy, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and West Point Grey
The Robinsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Robinson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 16th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
1111 West 16th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- M C Robinson, a superintendent at the CN Institute 1940
Next door in 1940: P H Barnett at 1121. The block, door by door
- 2
1551 West 16th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- D Robinson, retired 1940
- Kathleen M Robinson, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: st charles apts at 1535 and york manor at 1565. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an operator and a superintendent.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (2). 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 M C Robinson at 1111 West 16th 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 Merrill C Robinson there as the householder, a superintendent at the CN Institute. In 1940 the directory lists D Robinson at 1551 West 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists David Robinson there as the householder, retired, with Kathleen M Robinson, an operator at the BC Telephone.
Today
1111 West 16th and 1551 West 16th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Robinson M C1111 West 16th, p. 223
- Robinson Merrill C supt CN Inst1111 West 16th, p. 527
- Robinson D1551 West 16th, p. 223
- Robinson David retired1551 West 16th, p. 526
- Robinson Kathleen M opr BC Tel1551 West 16th, 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.