A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Rowleses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Rowles 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.
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Where the Rowleses lived
- 1
2077 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Clarence A Rowles, a director at McLean Rowles & Co 1940
Next door in 1940: A W Rogers at 2067 and Dr W C McKechnie at 2083. The block, door by door
- 2
107 East 21st Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- J H Rowles 1940
Next door in 1940: S Nelson at 117. The block, door by door
- 3
734 East 55th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- Thomas J Rowles, a logger 1940
Next door in 1940: W F L Sharpe at 726 and O J Litwin at 742. The block, door by door
- 4
66 North Kaslo Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- W A Rowles, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: H Hackett at 48 and Mrs E Mahy at 76. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a director and a logger.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Riley Park, Sunset and West End. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Clarence A Rowles at 2077 Comox Street, a director at McLean Rowles & Co. J H Rowles is listed at 107 East 21st 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 lists John H Rowles there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Thomas J Rowles at 734 East 55th Avenue, a logger.
In 1940 the directory lists W A Rowles at 66 North Kaslo Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William A Rowles there as the householder, retired.
Today
66 North Kaslo still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 107 East 21st (1996) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2077 Comox and 734 East 55th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Rowles Clarence A dir McLean Rowles & Co2077 Comox, p. 535
- *Rowles J H107 East 21st, p. 232
- Rowles John H107 East 21st, p. 535
- Rowles Thos J logr734 East 55th, p. 535
- *Rowles W A66 North Kaslo, p. 93
- Rowles Wm A retired66 North Kaslo, p. 535
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Rowleses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Rowles 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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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.