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The Rouses

In the city directories 1940 · 14 people at twelve addresses

The directories print 14 people named Rouse at twelve addresses in 1940 in five 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 Rouses lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1153 East 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • C C Rouse, a blacksmith at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Cameron at 1143 and Mrs E F Fotheringham at 1157. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1207 East 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • C T Rouse, a blacksmith at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940

    Next door in 1940: G E Hughes at 1209. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    289 East 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A Rouse, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Seivewright at 281 and C Callow at 295. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1390 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Annie P Rouse, a saleswoman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Laidler G F Co at 1378 and Curtis Mtrs at 1396. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    925 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Rouse (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: Bulman Bros BC Lithog & Prntg Ltd at 901 and W S Sloan at 937. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1019 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs L Rouse 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Lambley at 1017 and Mrs A Attenboro at 1027. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3838 Hudson Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Christine Rouse, a maid for C W Graham 1940
  8. 8

    3350 Price Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Roy Rouse 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Wise at 3346 and E P Laidlaw at 3358. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1336 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Iris Rouse, a saleswoman at Ross Home Bakery 1940
    • Ivy Rouse, a saleswoman at Jamieson's Delicatessen 1940

    Next door in 1940: F C James at 1326 and W D Sowerby at 1346. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    1461 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Norman A Rouse, a clerk at the Reliance Motor & Machinery Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Fayle at 1455 and D McLean at 1473. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    224 West 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • T C Rouse, proprietor of Premier Cleaners & Dyers 1940
    • Emily G Rouse, a chocolate dipper for R C Purdy 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Buckshon at 218 and H Ranger at 234. The block, door by door

  12. 12

    106 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs R Rouse 1940

    Next door in 1940: Brown Bros & Co at 104 and Dale's Roast Chickens at 108. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for ten of the 14: a saleswoman (3), a blacksmith (2), a chocolate dipper, a clerk, a maid and a miner, among others. Two of them worked for Burrard Dry Dock.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (4), Mount Pleasant (4), Fairview (2), Renfrew-Collingwood and Shaughnessy. 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 C Rouse at 1153 East 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles C Rouse there as the householder, a blacksmith at the Burrard Dry Dock. In 1940 the directory lists C T Rouse at 1207 East 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Clif T Rouse there as the householder, a blacksmith at the Burrard Dry Dock.

In 1940 the directory lists A Rouse at 289 East 15th 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 lists Arthur Rouse there as the householder, a miner. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Annie P Rouse at 1390 Granville Street, a saleswoman at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists Rouse (no first name printed) at 925 Homer Street.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs L Rouse at 1019 Homer Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs L Rouse there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Christine Rouse at 3838 Hudson Street, a maid for C W Graham. The 1940 name section lists Roy Rouse at 3350 Price Street.

The 1940 name section lists Iris Rouse at 1336 West 12th Avenue, a saleswoman at Ross Home Bakery, with Ivy Rouse, a saleswoman at Jamieson's Delicatessen. The 1940 name section lists Norman A Rouse at 1461 West 12th Avenue, a clerk at the Reliance Motor & Machinery Works. In 1940 the directory lists T C Rouse at 224 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas C Rouse there as the householder, proprietor of Premier Cleaners & Dyers, with Emily G Rouse, a chocolate dipper for R C Purdy.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs R Rouse at 106 West Hastings Street.

Today

1153 East 13th and 106 West Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946, 106 West Hastings on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1207 East 13th (1996), 3350 Price (1988) and 224 West 8th (1968) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 289 East 15th, 1390 Granville, 925 Homer, 1019 Homer, 3838 Hudson, 1336 West 12th and 1461 West 12th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 19 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.