A family name on Kingsway, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Roses
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Rose at two addresses in 1940, all on Kingsway, 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.
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 Roses lived
- 1
904 Kingsway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Elmer J Rose, proprietor of Reliable Garage 1940
Next door in 1940: Hoist Wagstaff at 906. The block, door by door
- 2
1031 Kingsway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs Ada W Rose, a laundress at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: I W McDonagh at 1025 and Mrs J Drinkwater at 1035. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a laundress and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Elmer J Rose at 904 Kingsway, proprietor of Reliable Garage. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ada W Rose at 1031 Kingsway, a laundress at the Vancouver General Hospital.
Today
1031 Kingsway (1979) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 904 Kingsway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Rose Elmer J prop Reliable Gar904 Kingsway, p. 531
- Rose Mrs Ada W lndrs Van Genl Hosp1031 Kingsway, p. 531
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.