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A family name on Arbutus Street, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale

The Brookses

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Brooks at two addresses in 1940, all on Arbutus Street, with the close spelling Brookes. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 56 other streets too, all listed on the Brooks name's own page.

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Where the Brookses 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

    1438 Arbutus Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M Brookes, proprietor of Dorincourt 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Taylor at 1420 and Mrs J Ward at 1452. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6726 Arbutus Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • W R T Brooks, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: I Warnick at 6706 and R Mungall at 6756. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all two: a proprietor and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale and Kitsilano. 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 M Brookes at 1438 Arbutus Street; 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 Mrs Margaret Brookes there as the householder, proprietor of Dorincourt. In 1940 the directory lists W R T Brooks at 6726 Arbutus Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists W Robert T Brooks there as the householder, a school teacher.

Today

1438 Arbutus (2005) and 6726 Arbutus (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Brookses

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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.