A family name on West Pender Street, Downtown
The Rogerses
In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses
The directories print six people named Rogers at four addresses in 1940, all on West Pender 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
- 1
119 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- F Rogers, an electrician contractor 1940
Next door in 1940: B C Leather Co Ltd at 117 and Jackson T H Ltd at 121. The block, door by door
- 2
845 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Aimie Rogers 1940
- William Rogers 1940
Next door in 1940: massey bldg at 839 and Gardner-Denver Co at 847. The block, door by door
- 3
1139 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs Lillian Rogers 1940
- Margaret Rogers, a saleswoman 1940
Next door in 1940: H Hertzog at 1137 and Rhodes H Golf Sch at 1155. The block, door by door
- 4
1140 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- George E Rogers, a branch manager for Peerless Carbon 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Clouse at 1132 and E Lipsett at 1166. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a branch manager and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (4). 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 F Rogers, an electrician contractor, at 119 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Aimie Rogers at 845 West Pender Street, with William Rogers. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Lillian Rogers at 1139 West Pender Street, with Margaret Rogers, a saleswoman. The 1940 name section lists George E Rogers at 1140 West Pender Street, a branch manager for Peerless Carbon.
Today
119 West Pender still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 1140 West Pender (1984) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 845 West Pender and 1139 West Pender, so those buildings are 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.
- Rogers F elec contr119 West Pender, p. 129
- Rogers Aimie845 West Pender, p. 529
- Rogers Wm845 West Pender, p. 530
- Rogers Mrs Lillian1139 West Pender, p. 529
- Rogers Margt slswm1139 West Pender, p. 529
- Rogers Geo E br mgr Peerless Carbon1140 West Pender, 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.