A family name on Oak Street, Fairview, South Cambie, Shaughnessy, Oakridge and Marpole
The Rosses
In the city directories 1940 · six people at two addresses
The directories print six people named Ross at two addresses in 1940, all on Oak Street. 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: four Rosses at 7889 Oak 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
7589 Oak Street
Marpole, 1940
- J E Ross, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries 1940
- Stan N Ross Jr, a furnaceman at Spear & Jackson 1940
Next door in 1940: H Esworthy at 7569. The block, door by door
- 2
7889 Oak Street
Marpole, 1940
- Mrs A Ross, widow of T 1940
- Alex Ross, a warehouseman at BC Coast Vegetable Board Agency Warehouse 1940
- Don M Ross, who worked for the Marpole Theatre 1940
- Stuart Ross, a caulker at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940
Next door in 1940: G S Sinclair at 7859. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a caulker, an employee, a furnaceman, a salesman and a warehouseman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Marpole (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 J E Ross at 7589 Oak Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists J Edward Ross there as the householder, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries, with Stan N Ross Jr, a furnaceman at Spear & Jackson. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A Ross at 7889 Oak Street; 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 lists Annie Ross there as the householder, widow of T, with Alex Ross, a warehouseman at BC Coast Vegetable Board Agency Warehouse, Don M Ross, who worked for the Marpole Theatre, and Stuart Ross, a caulker at the Burrard Dry Dock.
Today
7589 Oak (1986) and 7889 Oak (2019) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Ross J E7589 Oak, p. 121
- Ross J Edw slsmn Can Bkries7589 Oak, p. 533
- Ross Stan N Jr furnacemn Spear & Jackson7589 Oak, p. 533
- *Ross Mrs A7889 Oak, p. 121
- Ross Alex whsmn BC Coast Veg Bd Agcy Whse7889 Oak, p. 532
- Ross Annie wid T7889 Oak, p. 532
- Ross Don M emp Marpole Thea7889 Oak, p. 532
- Ross Stuart caulker Burrard Dry Dock7889 Oak, 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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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.