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A family name on West 20th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

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 20th 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. Three addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    692 West 20th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • H Ross, a planerman at Alberta Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Ewen at 670 and J Clelland at 696. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3406 West 20th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J E Ross, an installer at the A1 Aluminum Foundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: J D MacLeod at 3414. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3466 West 20th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • G Ross, a cashier at the Customs 1940
    • Robert C Ross, a clerk at Turnbull Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Crocker at 3458 and Mrs A A Durno at 3476. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3476 West 20th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Clayton H Ross, a salesman at Pemberton Realty 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Ross at 3466 and R Gibbons at 3494. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a cashier, a clerk, an installer, a planerman and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (3) and South Cambie. 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 H Ross at 692 West 20th Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Harry Ross there as the householder, a planerman at Alberta Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists J E Ross at 3406 West 20th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John E Ross there as the householder, an installer at the A1 Aluminum Foundry.

In 1940 the directory lists G Ross at 3466 West 20th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George Ross there as the householder, a cashier at the Customs, with Robert C Ross, a clerk at Turnbull Bros. The 1940 name section lists Clayton H Ross at 3476 West 20th Avenue, a salesman at Pemberton Realty.

Today

3466 West 20th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 692 West 20th (1996), 3406 West 20th (1988) and 3476 West 20th (2002) 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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.