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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rowses

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Rowse at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Rowses 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

    389 East 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Arthur J Rowse, who worked for Burns & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Dyson at 385 and C P Shindler at 395. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1948 East 33rd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • T H Rowse, proprietor of People's Meat Market 1940
    • Agnes Rowse 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Schurman at 1934 and W Hynds at 1972. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1833 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E H Rowse, a waiter at Sylvia Court 1940

    Next door in 1940: alpha blk at 1825 and J W Salsbury at 1835. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a proprietor and a waiter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano and Riley Park. 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 Arthur J Rowse at 389 East 20th Avenue, who worked for Burns & Co. T H Rowse is listed at 1948 East 33rd 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 Thomas H Rowse there as the householder, proprietor of People's Meat Market, with Thomas Rowse, a meat cutter at People's Meat Market, and Agnes Rowse.

E H Rowse is listed at 1833 West 4th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ernest H Rowse there as the householder, a waiter at Sylvia Court.

Today

389 East 20th, 1948 East 33rd and 1833 West 4th still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Rowses

Every directory, as one book

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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.