A family name on East 57th Avenue, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview
The Rosses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Ross at one address, 419 East 57th Avenue in Sunset, 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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The Rosses at home
- 1
419 East 57th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- Mrs A Ross, widow of J 1940
- James Ross, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
- John Ross, a messenger at Birks 1940
Next door in 1940: F G Woolley at 415 and J P Miller at 441. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an employee and a messenger. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in 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 Mrs A Ross at 419 East 57th 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 Amy Ross there as the householder, widow of J, with James Ross, who worked for the BC Telephone, and John Ross, a messenger at Birks.
Today
419 East 57th (1994) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Ross Mrs A419 East 57th, p. 268
- Ross Amy wid J419 East 57th, p. 532
- Ross Jas emp BC Tel419 East 57th, p. 533
- Ross John msngr Birks419 East 57th, p. 533
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.