A family name on Hornby Street, Downtown
The Rosses
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Ross at four addresses in 1940, all on Hornby 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
- 1
850 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- Alphonse Ross, a plasterer 1940
Next door in 1940: F E Clement at 846 and L H Allen at 852. The block, door by door
- 2
981 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- W Ross, a cook who kept rooms to let 1940
- Jean R Ross 1940
Next door in 1940: M Katerynych at 977 and A Lehmann at 989. The block, door by door
- 3
1138 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- Bert Ross, a pipe fitter 1940
Next door in 1940: C H Sharp at 1130 and Mrs M J Macpherson at 1142. The block, door by door
- 4
1235 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- William Ross, proprietor of Harbour Coffee Shop 1940
Next door in 1940: Skinner-Atkins at 1233 and W R Hay at 1243. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a cook and rooms to let, a pipe fitter, a plasterer and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (4). 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 Alphonse Ross at 850 Hornby Street, a plasterer. W Ross, rooms to let, is listed at 981 Hornby Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William Ross there, a cook who kept rooms to let, with Jean R Ross. The 1940 name section lists Bert Ross at 1138 Hornby Street, a pipe fitter.
The 1940 name section lists William Ross at 1235 Hornby Street, proprietor of Harbour Coffee Shop.
Today
981 Hornby (1975) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 850 Hornby, 1138 Hornby and 1235 Hornby, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Ross Alphonse plstr850 Hornby, p. 532
- Ross W rooms981 Hornby, p. 86
- Ross Jean R981 Hornby, p. 533
- Ross Wm cook and rooms981 Hornby, p. 534
- Ross Bert pipe ftr1138 Hornby, p. 532
- Ross Wm prop Harbour Coffee Shop1235 Hornby, p. 534
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.
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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.