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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Brewises

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Brewis 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 Brewises 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

    475 East 28th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs E Brewis, widow of C M 1940
    • Eileen J Brewis, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Kuhn at 459 and R Knight at 483. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3352 Garden Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G C Brewis 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss I E Edlund at 3340 and W H Wilson at 3366. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1212 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Brews (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: Apex Furn at 1210 and Baggage City at 1214. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3152 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J F Brewis, an accountant at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940

    Next door in 1940: W M Robertson at 3136 and Mrs F Clarke at 3160. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: an accountant and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, 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

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Brewis at 475 East 28th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Eleanor Brewis there as the householder, widow of C M, with Eileen J Brewis, a stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists G C Brewis at 3352 Garden Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George C Brewis there as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists Brews (no first name printed) at 1212 Granville Street. J F Brewis is listed at 3152 West 10th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John F Brewis there as the householder, an accountant at the Burrard Dry Dock.

Today

1212 Granville and 3152 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946; 475 East 28th (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3352 Garden Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.