A family name on Nelson Street, West End and Downtown
The Roses
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Rose at two addresses in 1940, all on Nelson Street, 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 most under one roof: three Roses at 1216 Nelson in 1940. 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
1216 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs A J Rose, widow of W H 1940
- Allan N Rose 1940
- Ruth D Rose, a stenographer at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: A J Engvick at 1222. The block, door by door
- 2
1560 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- C H Rose, a salesman 1940
- Muriel C Rose 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs J R Hardie at 1546. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a salesman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (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 A J Rose at 1216 Nelson 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 Agnes J Rose there as the householder, widow of W H, with Allan N Rose, and Ruth D Rose, a stenographer at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists C H Rose at 1560 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section lists Claude H Rose there as the householder, a salesman, with Muriel C Rose.
Today
1560 Nelson still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1216 Nelson, 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.
- *Rose Mrs A J1216 Nelson, p. 119
- Rose Agnes J wid W H1216 Nelson, p. 531
- Rose Allan N1216 Nelson, p. 531
- Rose Ruth D sten BCER1216 Nelson, p. 531
- Rose C H1560 Nelson, p. 119
- Rose Claude H slsmn1560 Nelson, p. 531
- Rose Muriel C1560 Nelson, 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.