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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Rosses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Ross at five addresses in 1940, all on West 12th Avenue. 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 4523 West 12th 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

    1126 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Lenora C Ross, a stenographer at BC Drugs 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Bailie at 1116 and G N Wylde at 1136. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1366 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs G G Ross, widow of J J 1940

    Next door in 1940: W T Tupper at 1356 and A T Essery at 1376. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1546 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs L D Ross, widow of W C 1940

    Next door in 1940: redlands apts at 1536 and casablanca apts at 1556. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4378 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J M Ross, a blacksmith 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Brinton at 4374 and J G Clark at 4384. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4523 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • F M Ross, a carpenter 1940
    • Byron Ross, a winchman at Canadian Fishing 1940
    • Miss S Ross, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H Freeman at 4519 and T C Raine at 4533. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a blacksmith, a carpenter, a saleswoman, a stenographer and a winchman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3) and West Point Grey (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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Lenora C Ross at 1126 West 12th Avenue, a stenographer at BC Drugs. Mrs G G Ross is listed at 1366 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Georgina G Ross there as the householder, widow of J J.

Mrs L D Ross is listed at 1546 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Lorna D Ross there as the householder, widow of W C. J M Ross is listed at 4378 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John M Ross there as the householder, a blacksmith.

F M Ross is listed at 4523 West 12th 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 Frank M Ross there as the householder, a carpenter, with Byron Ross, a winchman at Canadian Fishing, and Miss S Ross, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company.

Today

1546 West 12th, 4378 West 12th and 4523 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1126 West 12th (1982) and 1366 West 12th (1959) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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.