A family name on West Pender Street, Downtown
The Robinsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Robinson at four addresses in 1940, all on West Pender 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
319 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs M Robinson, widow of S 1940
Next door in 1940: Boden Auction Rooms at 317 and A J Ainsworth at 321. The block, door by door
- 2
914 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs Maxine Robinson 1940
Next door in 1940: Kookery Home at 912 and Touche G A & Co at 916. The block, door by door
- 3
1115 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Eva Robinson, a machinist operator at Bates Valve Bag 1940
Next door in 1940: L A Hickson at 1113 and G A Southgate at 1117. The block, door by door
- 4
1139 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Marge Robinson, a hairdresser at Downing Permanent Wave Shop 1940
Next door in 1940: H Hertzog at 1137 and Rhodes H Golf Sch at 1155. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a hairdresser and a machinist operator. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (4). 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 Mrs M Robinson at 319 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Margaret Robinson there as the householder, widow of S. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Maxine Robinson at 914 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Eva Robinson at 1115 West Pender Street, a machinist operator at Bates Valve Bag.
The 1940 name section lists Marge Robinson at 1139 West Pender Street, a hairdresser at Downing Permanent Wave Shop.
Today
319 West Pender still has its building from before 1946, dated 1908 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 914 West Pender, 1115 West Pender and 1139 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Robinson Mrs M319 West Pender, p. 129
- Robinson Margt wid S caretkr Victory Bldg319 West Pender, p. 527
- Robinson Mrs Maxine914 West Pender, p. 527
- Robinson Eva mach opr Bates Valve Bag1115 West Pender, p. 526
- Robinson Marge hairdrsr Downing Permanent Wave Shop1139 West Pender, 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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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.