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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

The Rosses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Ross at seven addresses in 1940, all on Granville 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.

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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

    470 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • E B Ross, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rogers Bldg Barber Shop at 464 and A J Alexander at 474. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    936 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • James Ross, a gardener at the Vancouver Parks Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: Ladies My at 932 and New Palace Cafe at 938. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1025 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mabel E Ross, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C Stearman at 1023 and Plaza Hotel at 1029. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1161 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Don Ross, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: St Helen's Cigar Stand at 1159 and French Way Clnrs at 1167. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1261 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • John Ross 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wosk's Ltd at 1259 and Crescent Furn at 1267. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2630 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • W Ross, an upholsterer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Normandy Hat Shop at 2626 and Correct Corset Store at 2636. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2812 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Madame M Ross, a milliner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Gowns Cartier at 2808 and Lee Lora at 2814. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a gardener, a salesman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (5) and Fairview (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

In 1940 the directory lists E B Ross, a barrister, at 470 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James Ross at 936 Granville Street, a gardener at the Vancouver Parks Board. The 1940 name section lists Mabel E Ross at 1025 Granville Street, a stenographer. The 1940 name section lists Don Ross at 1161 Granville Street, a salesman.

The 1940 name section lists John Ross at 1261 Granville Street. W Ross, an upholsterer, is listed at 2630 Granville Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists Madame M Ross, a milliner, at 2812 Granville Street.

Today

470 Granville, 936 Granville, 1025 Granville, 1161 Granville, 1261 Granville and 2812 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946, 1025 Granville and 1161 Granville on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2630 Granville, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 470 Granville: no archive photo of the 400 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

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, street section

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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.