Vancouver / Names / R / Roote

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rootes

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Roote at three addresses in 1940 in Kitsilano. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Rootes 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

    1820 Trafalgar Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F Roote, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Muir at 1834. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3658 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W R Roote, proprietor of Roote Auto Top 1940
    • Florence G Roote, a bookkeeper at Roote Auto Top 1940

    Next door in 1940: C B Shannon at 3648 and Mrs S Trent at 3664. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2350 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G V Roote, a manager at the Colonial Apartments 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A V Dart at 2346 and W Baird at 2370. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a bookkeeper, a manager and a proprietor. Two of them worked for Roote Auto Top.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3). 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 Roote at 1820 Trafalgar 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick Roote there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists W R Roote at 3658 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William R Roote there as the householder, proprietor of Roote Auto Top, with Florence G Roote, a bookkeeper at Roote Auto Top.

In 1940 the directory lists G V Roote at 2350 West 2nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Gerald V Roote there as the householder, a manager at the Colonial Apartments.

Today

1820 Trafalgar and 3658 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2350 West 2nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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, street section

The book of the Rootes

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Roote 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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

Another name, or a house

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.