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A family name on West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

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 West 15th 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

    1070 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Joseph Ross, a credit manager at Le Roy Jewellers 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr B F Keillor at 1060 and Mrs R Share at 1080. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1379 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Walter R Ross, a chemist 1940

    Next door in 1940: st george's apts at 1375 and Mrs K F Robinson at 1381. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1550 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • D Ross, a barber at Court House Barber Shop 1940
    • Thomas Ross, an upholsterer 1940

    Next door in 1940: exeter apts at 1540 and mount royal apts at 1590. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1565 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • E Ross, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wine Growers at 1531 and madrona apts at 1575. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a barber, a barrister, a chemist, a credit manager and an upholsterer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (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 Joseph Ross at 1070 West 15th Avenue, a credit manager at Le Roy Jewellers. Walter R Ross is listed at 1379 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Walter R Ross there as the householder, a chemist.

D Ross is listed at 1550 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Daniel Ross there as the householder, a barber at Court House Barber Shop, with Thomas Ross, an upholsterer. E Ross is listed at 1565 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Edwin B Ross there as the householder, a barrister.

Today

1070 West 15th, 1379 West 15th and 1565 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1565 West 15th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1550 West 15th (1993) has a newer building, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Rosses

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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.