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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Robsons

In the city directories 1940 · 54 addresses on 42 streets

The directories print the Robson name at 54 addresses on 42 streets in 1940, in 18 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Robison. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Robsons lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. West End7 addresses
  2. Downtown6 addresses
  3. Riley Park5 addresses
  4. Dunbar-Southlands4 addresses
  5. Kensington-Cedar Cottage4 addresses
  6. Kitsilano4 addresses
  7. Fairview3 addresses
  8. Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
  9. Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
  10. Sunset3 addresses
  11. West Point Grey3 addresses
  12. Mount Pleasant2 addresses
  13. Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
  14. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  15. Kerrisdale1 address
  16. Shaughnessy1 address
  17. South Cambie1 address
  18. Victoria-Fraserview1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Main StreetThree addresses in Riley Park and Sunset; three people: H J Robson, R M Robson and William Robison
    1940
  2. 2
    West 11th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; three people: Mrs S A Robson, W N Robson and John Robison
    1940
  3. 3
    East 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; three people: J Robison, Bessie Robison and Jennie D Robison
    1940
  4. 4
    Hornby StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; three people: R H Robison, Jeffrey G Robison and Robson (no first name printed)
    1940
  5. 5
    Oak StreetTwo addresses in Shaughnessy and South Cambie; three people: C W Robson, Alex W Robson and W Robson
    1940
  6. 6
    Robson StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Cycles Robson and Tailor (T Baba) Robson
    1940
  7. 7
    West 17th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park; three people: E S Robson, R L Robison and Charles W S Robson
    1940
  8. 8
    West 37th AvenueTwo addresses in Dunbar-Southlands; five people: Mrs E A Robson, Angus Robson, Ellen Robson and two more
    1940
  9. 9
    West 3rd AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; two people: Ida A Robson and Vera Robson
    1940
  10. 10
    West Hastings StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: G R Robson and Wilfred J Robson
    1940
  11. 11
    Adanac StreetOne address in Grandview-Woodland; one person: W J Robison
    1940
  12. 12
    Bidwell StreetOne address in West End; one person: H S Robson
    1940

30 more streets, by name: Collingwood Street (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 47th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), Elgin Street (1), Gladstone Street (1), Haro Street (1), Harriet Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Hemlock Street (1), Howe Street (1), Kitchener Street (1), Manor Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Stephens Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Venables Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 39th Avenue (1), West 43rd Avenue (1), Windsor Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 54 addresses, 19 still have their buildings from before 1946, 14 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 21; each street's page names them.

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under R. Want a name removed? Tell us.