A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Roses
In the city directories 1940 · 74 addresses on 62 streets
The directories print the Rose name at 74 addresses on 62 streets in 1940, in 17 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Rosse. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Roses lived
- West End9 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands8 addresses
- Downtown7 addresses
- Kitsilano7 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland6 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise6 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage6 addresses
- Shaughnessy6 addresses
- Strathcona4 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
- Riley Park3 addresses
- Fairview2 addresses
- Kerrisdale2 addresses
- Mount Pleasant2 addresses
- Marpole1 address
- Oakridge1 address
- Victoria-Fraserview1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1West Hastings StreetThree addresses in Downtown; three people: Charles H Rose, Emile Rosse and J Rose1940
- 2Cotton DriveTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland; three people: Mrs C Rose, Mrs R M Rose and Muriel Rose1940
- 3East 1st AvenueTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland; five people: H G Rose, J R Rose and George A Rose, and two more1940
- 4East 7th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Hastings-Sunrise; two people: W E Rose and Mrs A Rose1940
- 5Harwood StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: E G Rose and Muriel G Rose1940
- 6KingswayTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: Elmer J Rose and Mrs Ada W Rose1940
- 7McGill StreetTwo addresses in Hastings-Sunrise; three people: S Rose, T G Rose and Ada L Rose1940
- 8Nelson StreetTwo addresses in West End; five people: C H Rose, Mrs A J Rose and Allan N Rose, and two more1940
- 9West 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; two people: J Rose and J E Rose1940
- 10West 27th AvenueTwo addresses in Shaughnessy and Dunbar-Southlands; two people: G M Rose and Isabella Rose1940
- 11West 40th AvenueTwo addresses in Shaughnessy and Dunbar-Southlands; three people: C Rose, R R Rose and Doris J Rose1940
- 12Aberdeen StreetOne address in Renfrew-Collingwood; one person: Mrs H Rose1940
50 more streets, by name: Alder Street (1), Alexandra Street (1), Arbutus Street (1), Barclay Street (1), Bidwell Street (1), Blenheim Street (1), Cambie Street (1), Cambridge Street (1), Cartier Street (1), Cornwall Avenue (1), Dundas Street (1), East 18th Avenue (1), East 19th Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 34th Avenue (1), East 37th Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East Cordova Street (1), East Georgia Street (1), Fraser Street (1), Grant Street (1), Granville Street (1), Haro Street (1), Henry Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Main Street (1), Marpole Avenue (1), Matthews Avenue (1), Melville Street (1), Parker Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Robson Street (1), Union Street (1), Wenonah Street (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 57th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), Windsor Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 74 addresses, 27 still have their buildings from before 1946, 23 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 24; each street's page names them.
The book of the Roses
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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under R. Want a name removed? Tell us.