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A family name on West 38th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Rosses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at two addresses

The directories print six people named Ross at two addresses in 1940, all on West 38th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Rosses at 2190 West 38th 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

    2190 West 38th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • Mrs M A Ross, widow of W 1940
    • Kathryn Ross, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
    • Mary Ross, a saleswoman at Sunflower Dairy & Delicatessen 1940

    Next door in 1940: R E Turner at 2184 and W J Prosser-Davies at 2196. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2765 West 38th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • Mrs I A Ross, widow of D W 1940
    • Dorothy M Ross 1940
    • Victor W Ross, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Sandall at 2755 and H Alder at 2775. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: an operator, a salesman and a saleswoman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge (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

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M A Ross at 2190 West 38th 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 Mary A Ross there as the householder, widow of W, with Kathryn Ross, an operator at the BC Telephone, and Mary Ross, a saleswoman at Sunflower Dairy & Delicatessen. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs I A Ross at 2765 West 38th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Isobel A Ross there as the householder, widow of D W, with Dorothy M Ross, and Victor W Ross, a salesman.

Today

2765 West 38th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2190 West 38th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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

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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.