A family name on West 19th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Robinsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Robinson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 19th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Robinsons at 956 West 19th 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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Where the Robinsons lived
- 1
956 West 19th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- R A Robinson, a president at the Robinson Electric 1940
- Alice M Robinson, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940
- Esther G Robinson, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: J Sully at 932 and J Johnston at 960. The block, door by door
- 2
3575 West 19th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J R Robinson, a clerk at Associated Dairies 1940
Next door in 1940: W K Cain at 3569 and G T Scouler at 3579. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a clerk (2), a president and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and South Cambie. 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 R A Robinson at 956 West 19th 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 Richard A Robinson there as the householder, a president at the Robinson Electric, with Alice M Robinson, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway, and Esther G Robinson, a school teacher. In 1940 the directory lists J R Robinson at 3575 West 19th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists J Ripley Robinson there as the householder, a clerk at Associated Dairies.
Today
3575 West 19th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 956 West 19th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Robinson R A956 West 19th, p. 229
- Robinson Alice M clk BCER956 West 19th, p. 526
- Robinson Esther G sch tchr Van City956 West 19th, p. 526
- Robinson Richd A pres Robinson Elec956 West 19th, p. 527
- *Robinson J R3575 West 19th, p. 229
- Robinson J Ripley clk Assoc Dairies3575 West 19th, 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.