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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Brookses

In the city directories 1940 · 70 addresses on 57 streets

The directories print the Brooks name at 70 addresses on 57 streets in 1940, in 20 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Brookes. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Brookses lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Downtown9 addresses
  2. Fairview9 addresses
  3. Kitsilano7 addresses
  4. Kensington-Cedar Cottage6 addresses
  5. Mount Pleasant6 addresses
  6. West End6 addresses
  7. Dunbar-Southlands4 addresses
  8. Sunset4 addresses
  9. Grandview-Woodland2 addresses
  10. Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
  11. Kerrisdale2 addresses
  12. Marpole2 addresses
  13. Riley Park2 addresses
  14. Shaughnessy2 addresses
  15. West Point Grey2 addresses
  16. Killarney1 address
  17. Oakridge1 address
  18. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  19. South Cambie1 address
  20. Victoria-Fraserview1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    West 7th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview; four people: R H Brooks, Edward Brooks, Emily E Brookes and one more
    1940
  2. 2
    Arbutus StreetTwo addresses in Kitsilano and Kerrisdale; two people: Mrs M Brookes and W R T Brooks
    1940
  3. 3
    East 5th AvenueTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; two people: D Brooks and J Brooks
    1940
  4. 4
    East 8th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Grandview-Woodland; three people: T Brooks, Gertrude L Brooks and Robert Brooks
    1940
  5. 5
    Fraser StreetTwo addresses in Sunset; three people: A W Brooks, A W Brooks and Edmund J Brooks
    1940
  6. 6
    Granville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: Brooks (no first name printed) and J Brooks
    1940
  7. 7
    Robson StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; three people: Mrs P Brooks, Llewellyn G Brooks and V O Brooks
    1940
  8. 8
    West 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; three people: Mrs E Brooks, Harry Brooks and Robert J Brooks
    1940
  9. 9
    West 19th AvenueTwo addresses in Dunbar-Southlands; two people: H A Brooks and Mrs Sarah Brooks
    1940
  10. 10
    West 26th AvenueTwo addresses in South Cambie and Dunbar-Southlands; three people: J Brooks, Beatrice Brooks and Benjamin Brooks
    1940
  11. 11
    West 5th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; two people: L H Brooks and Edward Brooks
    1940
  12. 12
    West 8th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; two people: F Brooks and Robert C Brookes
    1940

45 more streets, by name: Angus Drive (1), Argyle Street (1), Balaclava Street (1), Barclay Street (1), Belmont Avenue (1), Bruce Street (1), Camosun Street (1), Cardero Street (1), Cypress Street (1), Davie Street (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 29th Avenue (1), East 31st Avenue (1), East 39th Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 49th Avenue (1), East 50th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), Elgin Street (1), Hamilton Street (1), Haro Street (1), Hemlock Street (1), Homer Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Inverness Street (1), Keith Drive (1), Main Street (1), Matthews Avenue (1), Nelson Street (1), Parker Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), Water Street (1), Waterloo Street (1), Wellington Avenue (1), Welwyn Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 46th Avenue (1), West 66th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Cordova Street (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Pender Street (1), Yukon Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 70 addresses, 15 still have their buildings from before 1946, 25 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 30; each street's page names them.

The book of the Brookses

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under B. Want a name removed? Tell us.