A family name on Angus Drive, Kerrisdale, Shaughnessy and Marpole
The Browns
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Brown at four addresses in 1940, all on Angus Drive, with the close spelling Browne. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 254 other streets too, all listed on the Brown name's own page.
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Where the Browns lived
- 1
4811 Angus Drive
Shaughnessy, 1940
- H C Brown, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs C Bartram at 4837. The block, door by door
- 2
- 3
5926 Angus Drive
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Dr A O Brown, a physician 1940
Next door in 1940: L W MacNutt at 5946. The block, door by door
- 4
6992 Angus Drive
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Morland T Brown, an apprentice at Cunningham Drug 1940
Next door in 1940: P J McKee at 6976. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: an apprentice, a manager, a physician and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2) and Shaughnessy (2). 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 H C Brown at 4811 Angus Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Harold C Brown there as the householder, a salesman. In 1940 the directory lists F B Brown at 5476 Angus 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). The 1940 name section lists Fred B Brown there as the householder, a manager at B & K Logging.
In 1940 the directory lists Dr A O Brown at 5926 Angus Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur O Brown there as the householder, a physician. The 1940 name section lists Morland T Brown at 6992 Angus Drive, an apprentice at Cunningham Drug.
Today
5476 Angus Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1938 by the City's record; 4811 Angus Drive (1987) and 5926 Angus Drive (2020) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 6992 Angus Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Brown H C4811 Angus Drive, p. 5
- Brown Harold C slsmn4811 Angus Drive, p. 73
- *Brown F B5476 Angus Drive, p. 5
- Brown Fred B mgr B & K Logging5476 Angus Drive, p. 72
- *Brown Dr A O5926 Angus Drive, p. 5
- Brown Arth O phys 728, 925 W Georgia5926 Angus Drive, p. 72
- Brown Morland T appr Cunningham Drug6992 Angus Drive, p. 74
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Browns
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Brown name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.