A family name on Adanac Street, Hastings-Sunrise, Strathcona and Grandview-Woodland
The Rosses
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Ross at two addresses in 1940, all on Adanac Street. 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 151 other streets too, all listed on the Ross name's own page.
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Where the Rosses lived
- 1
1680 Adanac Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Frederick Ross, proprietor of Commercial Marine 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Matthews at 1664 and W H Ross at 1684. The block, door by door
- 2
1684 Adanac Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- W H Ross, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: D Tayor at 1680. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a longshoreman and a proprietor.
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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick Ross at 1680 Adanac Street, proprietor of Commercial Marine. W H Ross is listed at 1684 Adanac Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Walter H Ross there as the householder, a longshoreman.
Today
1680 Adanac still has its building from before 1946, dated 1914 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1684 Adanac, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Ross Fredk prop Commercial Marine1680 Adanac, p. 532
- Ross W H1684 Adanac, p. 2
- Ross Walter H lngshmn1684 Adanac, p. 534
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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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.