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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rootses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Roots at six 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 Rootses 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

    2027 East 22nd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F H Roots, a driver at Terminal Cartage 1940

    Next door in 1940: S A Kredba at 2037. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    148 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R S Roots, a music teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Hall at 146 and Clark's Dairy Lunch at 180. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3557 McGill Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mary Roots, a domestic 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Cameron at 3547 and Mrs E York at 3575. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2516 Parker Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • H A Roots, a laborer at BC Sugar 1940

    Next door in 1940: A King at 2524. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    152 West 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • George Roots, a driver at M T Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs N E Hicks at 150 and W Paterson at 156. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    325 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J Roots, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Fleming at 315 and J D Bain at 331. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a driver (2), a domestic and a laborer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (3), Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 H Roots at 2027 East 22nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick H Roots there as the householder, a driver at Terminal Cartage. In 1940 the directory lists R S Roots, a music teacher, at 148 East Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Mary Roots at 3557 McGill Street, a domestic.

In 1940 the directory lists H A Roots at 2516 Parker Street. The 1940 name section lists Henry A Roots there as the householder, a laborer at BC Sugar. The 1940 name section lists George Roots at 152 West 6th Avenue, a driver at M T Co.

J Roots is listed at 325 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John Roots there as the householder, retired.

Today

2027 East 22nd and 2516 Parker still have their buildings from before 1946; 3557 McGill (2011) and 325 West 7th (1965) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 148 East Broadway and 152 West 6th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.