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A family name on Victoria Drive, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Grandview-Woodland and Victoria-Fraserview

The Rosses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Ross at three addresses in 1940, all on Victoria Drive. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Rosses at 1144 Victoria Drive 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

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

    1144 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs F M Ross, widow of E B 1940
    • Bernice L F Ross, a stenographer at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
    • Dorothy M D Ross, a helper for Kelly Douglas 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Brown at 1142 and A P Jordan at 1146. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1630 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs Ida M Ross 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C Moorhouse at 1618 and W K Baron at 1636. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2915 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H D Ross, a mechanic at Dueck-Nicoll Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Brebner at 2943. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a helper, a mechanic and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 Mrs F M Ross at 1144 Victoria Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Florence M Ross there as the householder, widow of E B, with Bernice L F Ross, a stenographer at the Vancouver General Hospital, and Dorothy M D Ross, a helper for Kelly Douglas. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ida M Ross at 1630 Victoria Drive.

H D Ross is listed at 2915 Victoria Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Herbert D Ross there as the householder, a mechanic at Dueck-Nicoll Motors.

Today

1630 Victoria Drive and 2915 Victoria Drive still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1144 Victoria Drive, so that building is 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, 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.