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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Roblins

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Roblin at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Roblins 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

    2862 Highbury Street

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • K A Roblin, a salesman at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: F P Archibald at 2816 and W H Paterson at 2888. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1160 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • T Gordon Roblin, a sawyer at Alberta Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B Laverock at 1116 and F Howard at 1170. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3392 West 27th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • L M Roblin, a police officer at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Mabel K Roblin, widow of C F 1940

    Next door in 1940: H T Brundrett at 3380. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a police officer, a salesman and a sawyer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview 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 K A Roblin at 2862 Highbury Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ken A Roblin there as the householder, a salesman at the Province. The 1940 name section lists T Gordon Roblin at 1160 West 15th Avenue, a sawyer at Alberta Lumber.

L M Roblin is listed at 3392 West 27th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Lyle M Roblin there as the householder, a police officer at the City of Vancouver, with Mabel K Roblin, widow of C F.

Today

2862 Highbury, 1160 West 15th and 3392 West 27th still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.