A family name on West Pender Street, Downtown
The Rosses
In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses
The directories print five people named Ross at five addresses in 1940, all on West Pender Street. 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
- 1
402 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- J Ross, a barrister 1940
Next door in 1940: McGregor Johnston & Thomas Ltd at 414. The block, door by door
- 2
- 3
609 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- William Ross, a logger 1940
Next door in 1940: Magic Barber Shop at 607 and B C Office Equip Co at 611. The block, door by door
- 4
1193 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Helen Ross, a nurse 1940
Next door in 1940: Meredith Motors (gar) at 1157. The block, door by door
- 5
1256 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Daniel Ross, a baker 1940
Next door in 1940: J G Rolston at 1240 and Mrs B I Hall at 1264. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a baker, a logger and a nurse.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (5). 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 J Ross, a barrister, at 402 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James I N Ross at 435 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists William Ross at 609 West Pender Street, a logger. The 1940 name section lists Helen Ross at 1193 West Pender Street, a nurse.
The 1940 name section lists Daniel Ross at 1256 West Pender Street, a baker.
Today
402 West Pender and 435 West Pender still have their buildings from before 1946, both on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 609 West Pender, 1193 West Pender and 1256 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Ross J barr402 West Pender, p. 129
- Ross Jas I N435 West Pender, p. 533
- Ross Wm logr609 West Pender, p. 534
- Ross Helen nurse1193 West Pender, p. 533
- Ross Danl baker1256 West Pender, p. 532
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Rosses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Ross name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.