A family name on East 6th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Rosses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Ross at two addresses in 1940, all on East 6th Avenue. 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 388 East 6th 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
- 1
388 East 6th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J Ross, a millwright 1940
- Mary J Ross Jr 1940
- Walter G Ross, a mechanic 1940
Next door in 1940: E Murray at 380. The block, door by door
- 2
2246 East 6th Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Eleanor S Ross, a saleswoman 1940
Next door in 1940: S Wright at 2240 and A Watson at 2252. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a mechanic, a millwright and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Mount Pleasant. 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 J Ross at 388 East 6th 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 John Ross there as the householder, a millwright, with Mary J Ross Jr, and Walter G Ross, a mechanic. The 1940 name section lists Eleanor S Ross at 2246 East 6th Avenue, a saleswoman.
Today
2246 East 6th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 388 East 6th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Ross J388 East 6th, p. 186
- Ross John mlwrt388 East 6th, p. 533
- Ross Mary J jr388 East 6th, p. 533
- Ross Walter G mech388 East 6th, p. 534
- Ross Eleanor S slswm2246 East 6th, p. 532
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.