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A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Rosses

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Ross at six addresses in 1940, all on West 10th Avenue. 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

    250 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Don Ross, proprietor of Ideal Grinders 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L M A Irwin at 230. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1298 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W Ross, an upholsterer 1940
    • George Ross, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A M Stewart at 1278. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3064 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W Ross, a clerk for A E Jukes 1940

    Next door in 1940: T F Hunter at 3054. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3496 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Ross 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Foster at 3486. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4443 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs C T Ross, in dry goods 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Watanabe at 4441 and F J Douglas at 4445. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4453 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs C T Ross 1940
    • Thomas Ross 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs N C Clarke at 4451 and G C Hewer at 4459. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the eight: a clerk, a proprietor and an upholsterer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), West Point Grey (2), Fairview and Mount Pleasant. 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 Don Ross at 250 West 10th Avenue, proprietor of Ideal Grinders. W Ross is listed at 1298 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Walter Ross there as the householder, an upholsterer, with George Ross, a student.

W Ross is listed at 3064 West 10th Avenue in 1940; 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 William Ross there as the householder, a clerk for A E Jukes. J Ross is listed at 3496 West 10th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Ross there as the householder.

Mrs C T Ross, in dry goods, is listed at 4443 West 10th Avenue in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs C T Ross at 4453 West 10th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Ross there.

Today

1298 West 10th, 3064 West 10th and 3496 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946; 4453 West 10th (1947) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 250 West 10th and 4443 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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

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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.