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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rogersons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Rogerson at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Rogersons 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

    1022 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • E Rogerson, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M I Norton at 1020 and Ballroom Embassy at 1024. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2009 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • William A Rogerson 1940

    Next door in 1940: F C Duff at 2015. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1417 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs Amy J Rogerson, a dressmaker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss A Hughes at 1415 and IOOF Hall at 1443. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and a dressmaker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano and West End. 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 E Rogerson at 1022 Davie Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Erick Rogerson there as the householder, a clerk. The 1940 name section lists William A Rogerson at 2009 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Amy J Rogerson at 1417 West 8th Avenue, a dressmaker.

Today

The City no longer lists 1022 Davie, 2009 West 7th and 1417 West 8th, so those buildings are 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Rogersons

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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.