A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Rogers
In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses
The directories print five people named Roger at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Rogers lived
- 1
1447 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- F P Roger, an insurance agent 1940
Next door in 1940: Marlyn (The) at 1433 and G W Weeks at 1459. The block, door by door
- 2
2247 East 45th Avenue
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- G Roger, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs I F Nelson at 2239 and W H Earwaker at 2261. The block, door by door
- 3
- 4
434 Homer Street
Downtown, 1940
- C Roger, a shoe shine 1940
Next door in 1940: Widdowson W J Co at 432 and Makers Van Dress at 446. The block, door by door
- 5
222 Keefer Street
Strathcona, 1940
- C Roger 1940
Next door in 1940: Greenhouses Parkview at 218 and Pong Gay Chan at 232. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: an insurance agent and a signwriter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2), Downtown, Strathcona and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 F P Roger at 1447 Barclay Street, an insurance agent. G Roger is listed at 2247 East 45th 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 George Roger there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Don C Roger at 1307 Harwood Street, a signwriter at Spencer's.
In 1940 the directory lists C Roger, a shoe shine, at 434 Homer Street. The 1940 name section lists C Roger at 222 Keefer Street.
Today
1447 Barclay and 222 Keefer still have their buildings from before 1946, 1447 Barclay on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2247 East 45th (1977) and 1307 Harwood (1969) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 434 Homer, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Roger F P ins agt1447 Barclay, p. 529
- *Roger G2247 East 45th, p. 261
- Roger Geo retired2247 East 45th, p. 529
- Roger Don C signwrtr Spencers1307 Harwood, p. 529
- Roger C shoe shine434 Homer, p. 84
- Roger C222 Keefer, p. 529
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Rogers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Roger 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.