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A family name on Barclay Street, West End

The Rosses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses

The directories print five people named Ross at two addresses in 1940, all on Barclay Street. 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 Rosses at 1924 Barclay in 1940. 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

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

    1774 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mozetta M Ross, a saleswoman for Vincent Galleries 1940
    • Robert C J Ross, a driver at McCleery & Weston 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Meyer at 1770. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1924 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • W E D Ross, retired 1940
    • Alice M Ross 1940
    • Gladys W Ross, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: D B Benson at 1900 and N C P Graves at 1934. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a driver, a saleswoman and a school teacher.

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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mozetta M Ross at 1774 Barclay Street, a saleswoman for Vincent Galleries, with Robert C J Ross, a driver at McCleery & Weston. W E D Ross is listed at 1924 Barclay Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William E D Ross there as the householder, retired, with Alice M Ross, and Gladys W Ross, a school teacher.

Today

1924 Barclay (1965) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1774 Barclay, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

The Sutherland wedding party with their flowers at 1901 Barclay Street
9 September 1932 The Sutherland wedding party with their flowers at 1901 Barclay Street. Taken on the 1900 block; it doesn't single out the house at 1924 Barclay. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4256. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Rosses

Every directory, as one book

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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.