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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Brawns

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Brawn at five 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 Brawns 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

    4936 Angus Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • T W Brawn, an assistant manager at the Canadian Australasian Line 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Bower at 4922 and Mrs C R Archibald at 4958. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4627 Bellevue Drive

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • C H Brawn, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: P I Acteson at 4621 and P L Bancroft at 4635. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1830 East 1st Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • F W Brawn 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B J Davidson at 1822 and R Wiggins at 1836. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1083 East 35th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • T H Brawn, a longshoreman 1940
  5. 5

    4490 West 2nd Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • C Brawn, a sales manager at C N Institute 1940
    • John E Brawn, a salesman for G B Sparling 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Russell at 4454. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: an assistant manager, a longshoreman, a sales manager and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (2), Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 T W Brawn at 4936 Angus Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas W Brawn there as the householder, an assistant manager at the Canadian Australasian Line. In 1940 the directory lists C H Brawn, a painter, at 4627 Bellevue Drive; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark).

F W Brawn is listed at 1830 East 1st Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank W Brawn there as the householder. T H Brawn is listed at 1083 East 35th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas H Brawn there as the householder, a longshoreman.

C Brawn is listed at 4490 West 2nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles Brawn there as the householder, a sales manager at C N Institute, with John E Brawn, a salesman for G B Sparling.

Today

4936 Angus Drive, 4627 Bellevue Drive and 1830 East 1st still have their buildings from before 1946; 4490 West 2nd (1968) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1083 East 35th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.