A family name on East 47th Avenue, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney
The Rosses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at one address
The directories print four people named Ross at one address, 3178 East 47th Avenue in Killarney, in 1940. The directories print the name on 151 other streets too, all listed on the Ross name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Rosses at home
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3178 East 47th Avenue
Killarney, 1940
- W Ross, a laborer 1940
- John M Ross, who worked for Restmore 1940
- Ken O Ross, a laborer at Canadian White Pine 1940
- Margaret M Ross, a saleswoman at Woolworths 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E Watkins at 3176 and D Brown at 3190. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a laborer (2), an employee and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Killarney. 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 W Ross at 3178 East 47th Avenue; 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 William Ross there as the householder, a laborer, with John M Ross, who worked for Restmore, Ken O Ross, a laborer at Canadian White Pine, and Margaret M Ross, a saleswoman at Woolworths.
Today
3178 East 47th (1964) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Ross W3178 East 47th, p. 263
- Ross John M emp Restmore3178 East 47th, p. 533
- Ross Ken O lab Can White Pine3178 East 47th, p. 533
- Ross Margt M slswm Woolworths3178 East 47th, p. 533
- Ross Wm lab3178 East 47th, p. 534
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.