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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rosens

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Rosen at seven addresses in 1940 in seven 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 Rosens 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

    2696 Adanac Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • M B Rosen, a salesman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Barber at 2692. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    551 East 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Edward Rosen 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Ruddick at 547 and F A Marshall at 555. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1165 East 29th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Sylvia Rosen, a saleswoman at Hastings Furniture 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs Z G Lee at 1159 and W Davey at 1171. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    339 East 65th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • E Rosen, a laborer at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: H W Alexander at 325 and R L Janes at 355. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    323 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H H Rosen, a manufacturers agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: Army & Navy at 325. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    6361 Larch Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Edith Rosen, a maid for C T Proske 1940

    Next door in 1940: G E Boughton at 6337 and S V Crompton at 6387. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1543 West 3rd Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J Rosen, of Third Avenue Grocery 1940
    • Mrs Sophia Rosen, of Third Avenue Grocery 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Wilson at 1541 and S Kadonaga at 1547. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a laborer, a maid, a salesman and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kerrisdale, Mount Pleasant and Sunset. 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 M B Rosen at 2696 Adanac 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 M Barnett Rosen there as the householder, a salesman at the Hudson's Bay Company. The 1940 name section lists Edward Rosen at 551 East 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Sylvia Rosen at 1165 East 29th Avenue, a saleswoman at Hastings Furniture.

In 1940 the directory lists E Rosen at 339 East 65th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Emil Rosen there as the householder, a laborer at Canadian White Pine. In 1940 the directory lists H H Rosen, a manufacturers agent, at 323 Homer Street. The 1940 name section lists Edith Rosen at 6361 Larch Street, a maid for C T Proske.

In 1940 the directory lists J Rosen at 1543 West 3rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Rosen there as the householder, of Third Avenue Grocery, with Mrs Sophia Rosen, of Third Avenue Grocery.

Today

551 East 12th and 6361 Larch still have their buildings from before 1946; 2696 Adanac (1996), 1165 East 29th (1979) and 339 East 65th (1984) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 323 Homer and 1543 West 3rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.