Vancouver / Names / R / Ross / East Hastings Street

A family name on East Hastings Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The Rosses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Ross at five addresses in 1940, all on East Hastings Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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.

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.

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

    249 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • James Ross, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Main Electric at 247 and Eatmor Cafe at 251. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    471 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • G H Ross, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Grice at 461 and Patricia Wood & Coal at 475. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    561 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • R Ross 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Veen at 551. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    873 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Florence Ross, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Harding at 869 and Community Centre Ukranian at 875. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2541 East Hastings Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • D J Ross 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sharpe's at 2539 and Mayfair Conf at 2543. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the five: a carpenter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (4) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 James Ross at 249 East Hastings Street, retired. G H Ross is listed at 471 East Hastings Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George H Ross there as the householder, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists R Ross at 561 East Hastings Street.

The 1940 name section lists Florence Ross at 873 East Hastings Street as the householder, widow of A. D J Ross is listed at 2541 East Hastings Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Don J Ross there as the householder.

Today

249 East Hastings and 561 East Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 471 East Hastings, 873 East Hastings and 2541 East Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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

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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

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.