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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Brewsters

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Brewster at six 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 Brewsters 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

    404 Abbott Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Brewster (no first name printed), an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: O Lorenz at 418. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1036 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Helen B Brewster, widow of G A 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Williams at 1018 and W G Greenwell at 1040. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1619 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • D Alvina Brewster, a stenographer at Norris & Pratt 1940

    Next door in 1940: G F Crooks at 1601 and H G Haddow at 1627. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1803 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • I T Brewster, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Pike at 1805. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1235 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mildred Brewster, a stenographer at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: Skinner-Atkins at 1233 and W R Hay at 1243. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    443 West 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs F M Brewster, widow of G W 1940
    • Grant Brewster, a seaman at Coastwise S S & Barge 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Ellis at 435 and cumberland apts at 485. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a stenographer (2), an engineer and a seaman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), West End (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Mount Pleasant. 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 Brewster (no first name printed) at 404 Abbott Street, an engineer. The 1940 name section lists Helen B Brewster at 1036 Alberni Street, widow of G A. The 1940 name section lists D Alvina Brewster at 1619 Barclay Street, a stenographer at Norris & Pratt.

I T Brewster is listed at 1803 East 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Issac T Brewster there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Mildred Brewster at 1235 Hornby Street, a stenographer at the Canadian Government.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs F M Brewster at 443 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Florence M Brewster there as the householder, widow of G W, with Grant Brewster, a seaman at Coastwise S S & Barge.

Today

404 Abbott and 1803 East 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; 443 West 14th (1982) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1036 Alberni, 1619 Barclay and 1235 Hornby, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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

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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.