A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Rosses
In the city directories 1940 · 271 addresses on 152 streets
The directories print the Ross name at 271 addresses on 152 streets in 1940, in 21 of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Rosses lived
- Kitsilano33 addresses
- West End32 addresses
- Downtown28 addresses
- Fairview21 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland21 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage21 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands15 addresses
- Riley Park13 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise12 addresses
- Mount Pleasant11 addresses
- Kerrisdale10 addresses
- Strathcona9 addresses
- Marpole8 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood8 addresses
- Sunset8 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge6 addresses
- West Point Grey6 addresses
- Shaughnessy3 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview3 addresses
- South Cambie2 addresses
- Killarney1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1Granville StreetSeven addresses in Downtown and Fairview; seven people: Don Ross, E B Ross and James Ross, and four more1940
- 2Nelson StreetSeven addresses in West End; nine people: R T Ross, Mrs U Ross and R W Ross, and six more1940
- 3West 10th AvenueSix addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; eight people: J Ross, W Ross and W Ross, and five more1940
- 4West 14th AvenueSix addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; nine people: C S Ross, C E Ross and E E Ross, and six more1940
- 5East Hastings StreetFive addresses in Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise; five people: D J Ross, G H Ross and Florence Ross, and two more1940
- 6Haro StreetFive addresses in West End; seven people: Daisy Ross, J B Ross and Margaret Ross, and four more1940
- 7Main StreetFive addresses in Strathcona and Riley Park; six people: Mrs H Ross, W Ross and Alex Ross, and three more1940
- 8West 12th AvenueFive addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; seven people: F M Ross, J M Ross and Mrs G G Ross, and four more1940
- 9West Pender StreetFive addresses in Downtown; five people: Daniel Ross, Helen Ross and J Ross, and two more1940
- 10Hornby StreetFour addresses in Downtown; five people: W Ross, Alphonse Ross and Bert Ross, and two more1940
- 11West 11th AvenueFour addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; six people: D Ross, J A Ross and M J Ross, and three more1940
- 12West 13th AvenueFour addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and Kitsilano; seven people: A A Ross, C O Ross and K A Ross, and four more1940
140 more streets, by name: Adanac Street (2), Adera Street (1), Alberta Street (1), Arbutus Street (1), Argyle Street (1), Barclay Street (2), Beach Avenue (1), Blenheim Street (1), Broughton Street (1), Burrard Street (1), Bute Street (1), Cambridge Street (1), Cardero Street (2), Carnarvon Street (1), Charles Street (1), Chilco Street (1), Comox Street (3), Cornwall Avenue (1), Creelman Avenue (1), Cypress Street (1), Drake Street (1), Dumfries Street (1), Dundas Street (1), East 10th Avenue (2), East 11th Avenue (2), East 12th Avenue (1), East 13th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 19th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (2), East 24th Avenue (2), East 26th Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 29th Avenue (1), East 31st Avenue (1), East 32nd Avenue (2), East 34th Avenue (1), East 35th Avenue (1), East 36th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (2), East 45th Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 47th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 54th Avenue (1), East 56th Avenue (1), East 57th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 64th Avenue (2), East 6th Avenue (2), East 7th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Broadway (2), East King Edward Avenue (1), East Pender Street (1), Eton Street (1), Fleming Street (1), Frances Street (1), Franklin Street (3), Fraser Street (1), French Street (1), Glen Drive (1), Grant Street (2), Graveley Street (3), Heather Street (1), Heatley Avenue (1), Helmcken Street (2), Hemlock Street (2), Highgate Street (1), Homer Street (1), Jervis Street (2), Knight Street (1), Laburnum Street (1), Laurel Street (1), Macdonald Street (1), Maple Street (3), Marguerite Street (1), McRae Avenue (1), Melville Street (2), Oak Street (2), Pacific Street (1), Park Drive (1), Parker Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Perry Street (1), Prince Albert Street (1), Prince Edward Street (2), Prior Street (1), Richards Street (1), Robson Street (2), Ross Street (1), Rossland Street (1), Seymour Street (2), Slocan Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Spencer Street (1), Thurlow Street (2), Triumph Street (2), Vanness Avenue (3), Venables Street (1), Victoria Drive (3), Wall Street (1), Waverley Avenue (1), Wellington Avenue (2), West 15th Avenue (4), West 16th Avenue (2), West 19th Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (4), West 21st Avenue (3), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (2), West 36th Avenue (3), West 38th Avenue (2), West 3rd Avenue (2), West 40th Avenue (3), West 42nd Avenue (3), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (4), West 51st Avenue (1), West 57th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (2), West 61st Avenue (1), West 64th Avenue (2), West 6th Avenue (4), West 70th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (2), West Broadway (1), West Cordova Street (3), West Georgia Street (2), West King Edward Avenue (3), William Street (1), Woodland Drive (1), Yew Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 271 addresses, 117 still have their buildings from before 1946, 61 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 93; each street's page names them.
The book of the Rosses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Ross 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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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.