A family name on West 37th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Robsons
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Robson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 37th Avenue, with the close spelling Robison. 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: four Robsons at 3041 West 37th in 1940. The directories print the name on 41 other streets too, all listed on the Robson name's own page.
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Where the Robsons lived
- 1
3041 West 37th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Mrs E A Robson, widow of T H 1940
- Angus Robson 1940
- Ellen Robson, a nurse 1940
- Frederick T Robson, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs B B Beebe at 3025 and T K Scott at 3057. The block, door by door
- 2
3568 West 37th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Evedna Robison, a housekeeper for Miss A R Weatherbee 1940
Next door in 1940: J H Taylor at 3560 and M T R Nevill at 3576. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a housekeeper and a nurse. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2). 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 E A Robson at 3041 West 37th 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 Elizabeth A Robson there as the householder, widow of T H, with Angus Robson, Ellen Robson, a nurse, and Frederick T Robson, a student. The 1940 name section lists Evedna Robison at 3568 West 37th Avenue, a housekeeper for Miss A R Weatherbee.
Today
3041 West 37th (2011) and 3568 West 37th (2012) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Robson Mrs E A3041 West 37th, p. 253
- Robson Angus3041 West 37th, p. 528
- Robson Eliz A wid T H3041 West 37th, p. 528
- Robson Ellen nurse3041 West 37th, p. 528
- Robson Fredk T studt3041 West 37th, p. 528
- Robison Evedna hsekpr Miss A R Weatherbee3568 West 37th, p. 528
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Robsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Robson 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.