A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Rossiter-Raggetts
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Rossiter-Raggett at two addresses in 1940, all on West 13th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Rossiter-Raggetts lived
- 1
1642 West 13th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- G C W Rossiter-Raggett, a clerk at the Post Office 1940
Next door in 1940: R W Strickland at 1638 and Mrs F Rossiter-Raggett at 1644. The block, door by door
- 2
1644 West 13th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs F Rossiter-Raggett, widow of C 1940
Next door in 1940: G C W Rossiter-Raggett at 1642 and Miss K A Gibson at 1656. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a clerk. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (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 G C W Rossiter-Raggett at 1642 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George C W Rossiter-Raggett there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs F Rossiter-Raggett at 1644 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Fannie Rossiter-Raggett there as the householder, widow of C.
Today
The City no longer lists 1642 West 13th and 1644 West 13th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Rossiter-Raggett G C W1642 West 13th, p. 212
- Rossiter-Raggett Geo C W clk PO1642 West 13th, p. 534
- Rossiter-Raggett Mrs F1644 West 13th, p. 212
- Rossiter-Raggett Fannie wid C1644 West 13th, p. 534
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Rossiter-Raggetts
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Rossiter-Raggett 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.