A family name on Cotton Drive, Grandview-Woodland
The Roses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Rose at two addresses in 1940, all on Cotton Drive, with the close spelling Rosse. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 61 other streets too, all listed on the Rose name's own page.
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Where the Roses lived
- 1
1416 Cotton Drive
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs R M Rose 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M L Parnall at 1400. The block, door by door
- 2
1715 Cotton Drive
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs C Rose, widow of J E 1940
- Muriel Rose 1940
Next door in 1940: T A Dobson at 1709 and Mrs G A Gatenby at 1721. The block, door by door
What they did
One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2). 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 Mrs R M Rose at 1416 Cotton 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 Mrs Ruby M Rose there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs C Rose at 1715 Cotton Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Clara Rose there as the householder, widow of J E, with Muriel Rose.
Today
1416 Cotton Drive and 1715 Cotton Drive still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Rose Mrs R M1416 Cotton Drive, p. 38
- Rose Mrs Ruby M1416 Cotton Drive, p. 531
- *Rose Mrs C1715 Cotton Drive, p. 38
- Rose Clara wid J E1715 Cotton Drive, p. 531
- Rose Muriel1715 Cotton Drive, p. 531
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Roses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Rose 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.
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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.