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A family name on Main Street, Riley Park, Strathcona, Downtown, Mount Pleasant and Sunset

The Rogerses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Rogers at five addresses in 1940, all on Main 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 83 other streets too, all listed on the Rogers name's own page.

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Where the Rogerses 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

    205 Main Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George Rogers, a gardener 1940

    Next door in 1940: Melbourne Hotel at 201 and J Fuoco at 215. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    928 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Alex Rogers 1940

    Next door in 1940: Machinery Cascade at 912 and Tacoma Junk Co at 936. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4061 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • T S Rogers 1940
    • Frank R Rogers, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Printing Main at 4063. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4095 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • T S Rogers, a delicatessen 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E L Davies at 4077 and Royal Bk of Can at 4097. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4196 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • C E Rogers, proprietor of Candyland 1940

    Next door in 1940: Candyland at 4192 and Mrs T V Stephenson at 4198. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a gardener and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (3), Downtown and Strathcona. 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 George Rogers at 205 Main Street, a gardener. The 1940 name section lists Alex Rogers at 928 Main Street. In 1940 the directory lists T S Rogers at 4061 Main Street; 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 Frank R Rogers there, a student.

In 1940 the directory lists T S Rogers, a delicatessen, at 4095 Main Street. C E Rogers is listed at 4196 Main Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists C Earl Rogers there as the householder, proprietor of Candyland.

Today

205 Main and 928 Main still have their buildings from before 1946; 4095 Main (1988) and 4196 Main (2008) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4061 Main, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Streetcars on Main Street, past a row of billboards
March 1940 Streetcars on Main Street, past a row of billboards. Not at the house at 4061 Main: no archive photo of the 4000 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 136-513. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Rogerses

Every directory, as one book

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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.