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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Groses

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Grose at seven addresses in 1940 in six 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 Groses 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

    1109 Clark Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H Grose, a plasterer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Fruit-O-Wheat at 1111. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1748 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • W F Grose 1940

    Next door in 1940: W D Gavin at 1746 and A C Wilson at 1750. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    836 East 30th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs A S Grose, widow of T H 1940
    • Eline Grose 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M J Kent at 826 and W A McLean at 846. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    77 East 42nd Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Mrs A Grose, widow of N K 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Pike at 51 and J Murray at 85. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4598 Moss Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • C R Grose, a plumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: A R Gray at 4578. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1157 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Grouse (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: V J Thomas at 1147 and K B Foyster at 1159. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    137 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Archibald N Grose, a cashier at Gordon & Belyea 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Atkins at 133 and J Robertson at 139. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the eight: a cashier, a plasterer and a plumber. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant, Renfrew-Collingwood and Sunset. 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 H Grose at 1109 Clark Drive; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Herbert Grose there as the householder, a plasterer. In 1940 the directory lists W F Grose at 1748 Davie Street.

Mrs A S Grose is listed at 836 East 30th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Amy S Grose there as the householder, widow of T H, with Eline Grose. Mrs A Grose is listed at 77 East 42nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alice Grose there as the householder, widow of N K.

C R Grose is listed at 4598 Moss Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists C Roy Grose there as the householder, a plumber. The 1940 name section lists Grouse (no first name printed) at 1157 Pendrell Street. The 1940 name section lists Archibald N Grose at 137 West 11th Avenue, a cashier at Gordon & Belyea.

Today

836 East 30th, 4598 Moss, 1157 Pendrell and 137 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1157 Pendrell and 137 West 11th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 77 East 42nd (1967) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1109 Clark Drive and 1748 Davie, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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 G. Want a name removed? Tell us.