A family name on Comox Street, West End
The Browns
In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses
The directories print five people named Brown at five addresses in 1940, all on Comox Street, 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
1056 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Marjorie Brown, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door
- 2
1356 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Ray Brown 1940
Next door in 1940: A A MacKay at 1350 and Miss A MacDonell at 1362. The block, door by door
- 3
1629 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs Wilma H Brown, an investigator at the BC Government 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss M Lillis at 1623 and H H Bowering at 1637. The block, door by door
- 4
1764 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Herbert G Brown, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: T S Turner at 1756 and Mrs G L Lane at 1772. The block, door by door
- 5
1924 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- J K Brown, a sales manager 1940
Next door in 1940: J K H Currie at 1938. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a driver, an investigator, a nurse and a sales manager.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (5). 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 Marjorie Brown at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital. The 1940 name section lists Ray Brown at 1356 Comox Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Wilma H Brown at 1629 Comox Street, an investigator at the BC Government. The 1940 name section lists Herbert G Brown at 1764 Comox Street, a driver.
In 1940 the directory lists J K Brown at 1924 Comox Street. The 1940 name section lists Jack K Brown there as the householder, a sales manager.
Today
1924 Comox (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1056 Comox, 1356 Comox, 1629 Comox and 1764 Comox, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Brown Marjorie nurse St Paul's Hosp1056 Comox, p. 74
- Brown Ray1356 Comox, p. 74
- Brown Mrs Wilma H investigator BC Govt1629 Comox, p. 75
- Brown Herbt G drvr1764 Comox, p. 73
- Brown J K1924 Comox, p. 35
- Brown Jack K slsmgr1924 Comox, p. 73
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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Another name, or a house
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.