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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Roths

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Roth at six 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.

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Where the Roths 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

    815 Commercial Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • C Roth 1940

    Next door in 1940: G R Hurst at 825. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1737 East 14th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A Roth, a tailor for E Wideman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Collins at 1731 and S Drummond at 1743. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    950 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R Roth, a salesman for F H Yeomans 1940

    Next door in 1940: J D Tough at 930 and G A Wilson at 956. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1358 Graveley Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A Roth 1940

    Next door in 1940: A L MacLachlan at 1344 and T George at 1360. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1070 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs A E Roth, widow of H 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Mansfield at 1066. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1849 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Margaret Roth 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Mantey at 1843 and Mrs M Berridge at 1859. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a salesman and a tailor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), West End (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Mount Pleasant. 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 C Roth at 815 Commercial Drive. A Roth is listed at 1737 East 14th Avenue in 1940; 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 Arthur Roth there as the householder, a tailor for E Wideman.

R Roth is listed at 950 East 8th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Richard H Roth there as the householder, with Ross Roth, a salesman for F H Yeomans. A Roth is listed at 1358 Graveley Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert Roth there as the householder.

Mrs A E Roth is listed at 1070 Haro Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Amy E Roth there as the householder, widow of H. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Margaret Roth at 1849 Robson Street.

Today

1358 Graveley still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 815 Commercial Drive, 950 East 8th, 1070 Haro and 1849 Robson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 1737 East 14th, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 11 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.