A family name on Robson Street, West End and Downtown
The Rogerses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Rogers at two addresses in 1940, all on Robson Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
- 1
213 Robson Street
Downtown, 1940
- M Rogers, proprietor of Radio Lunch 1940
Next door in 1940: J Gesi at 209 and H Skakley at 219. The block, door by door
- 2
340 Robson Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs Florence Rogers 1940
- Louis Rogers, a warehouseman at Macdonalds Consolidated 1940
Next door in 1940: A V Lovatt at 336 and R W Hudson at 344. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a proprietor and a warehouseman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (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 M Rogers at 213 Robson Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Milton Rogers there as the householder, proprietor of Radio Lunch. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Florence Rogers at 340 Robson Street, with Louis Rogers, a warehouseman at Macdonalds Consolidated.
Today
340 Robson (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 213 Robson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Rogers M213 Robson, p. 142
- Rogers Milton prop Radio Lunch213 Robson, p. 530
- Rogers Mrs Florence340 Robson, p. 529
- Rogers Louis whsmn Macdonalds Consol340 Robson, p. 529
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Rogerses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Rogers 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.