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A family name on West 6th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Rosses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Ross at four addresses in 1940, all on West 6th 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

    2097 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • L E Ross, a mechanic at M T Co 1940
    • Helen V Ross, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: C C Gerhart at 2095. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2173 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs Gertrude Ross, a nurse for G W Abrams 1940
    • Kath Ross 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Tough at 2167 and Mrs H A Crippen at 2177. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3247 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Maisie Ross, a stenographer at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Perkin at 3241 and R A Burgoyne at 3253. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3667 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G H Ross, a parts manager at Finning Tractor & Equipment 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Sellar at 3659 and H B Poole at 3673. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a mechanic, a nurse, a parts manager, a saleswoman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (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

In 1940 the directory lists L E Ross at 2097 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Lucian E Ross there as the householder, a mechanic at M T Co, with Helen V Ross, a saleswoman. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Gertrude Ross at 2173 West 6th Avenue, a nurse for G W Abrams, with Kath Ross. The 1940 name section lists Maisie Ross at 3247 West 6th Avenue as the householder, a stenographer at the Canadian Government.

In 1940 the directory lists G H Ross at 3667 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George H Ross there as the householder, a parts manager at Finning Tractor & Equipment.

Today

2097 West 6th and 3247 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2173 West 6th (1980) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3667 West 6th, 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.