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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rossis

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Rossi at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Rossis at 136 East 2nd in 1940.

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Where the Rossis 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

    2438 East 21st Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • A Rossi 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J A Hawes at 2424 and R A Ludlow at 2444. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    136 East 2nd Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • L Rossi, a laborer at Marpole Coal 1940
    • Elio Rossi 1940
    • Esther Rossi, a laundress at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Rodda at 134 and C David at 138. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    634 East Georgia Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Benjamin Rossi 1940

    Next door in 1940: dickinson apts at 630 and A Rimousky at 638. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    922 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • E Rossi, a chef 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Haskins at 920. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a chef, a laborer and a laundress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Mount Pleasant, Renfrew-Collingwood and Strathcona. 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 A Rossi at 2438 East 21st 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 Antonio Rossi there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists L Rossi at 136 East 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Luigi Rossi there as the householder, a laborer at Marpole Coal, with Elio Rossi, and Esther Rossi, a laundress at the Vancouver General Hospital.

The 1940 name section lists Benjamin Rossi at 634 East Georgia Street. E Rossi is listed at 922 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ernest Rossi there as the householder, a chef.

Today

2438 East 21st and 634 East Georgia still have their buildings from before 1946, 634 East Georgia on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 136 East 2nd and 922 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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.