A family name on West 39th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
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 West 39th 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
- 1
1425 West 39th Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Margaret E Robinson, a housekeeper 1940
Next door in 1940: F C Wilson at 1415 and H Parker at 1449. The block, door by door
- 2
2936 West 39th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J M Robinson, a fruit inspector at the Canadian Government 1940
Next door in 1940: R Brunton at 2952. The block, door by door
- 3
4011 West 39th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- W M Robinson, a clerk at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: N J Bajus at 4055. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a clerk, a fruit inspector and a housekeeper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) and Shaughnessy. 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 Margaret E Robinson at 1425 West 39th Avenue, a housekeeper. J M Robinson is listed at 2936 West 39th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists James M Robinson there as the householder, a fruit inspector at the Canadian Government.
W M Robinson is listed at 4011 West 39th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William McP Robinson there as the householder, a clerk at the City of Vancouver.
Today
1425 West 39th and 4011 West 39th still have their buildings from before 1946, 4011 West 39th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2936 West 39th (1991) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Robinson Margt E hsekpr Rev Father W Blackburne1425 West 39th, p. 527
- *Robinson J M2936 West 39th, p. 256
- Robinson Jas M fruit inspr Can Govt2936 West 39th, p. 527
- *Robinson W M4011 West 39th, p. 256
- Robinson Wm McP clk Van City4011 West 39th, p. 528
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.