A family name on East 22nd Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Browns
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Brown at three addresses in 1940, all on East 22nd Avenue, 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Browns lived
- 1
1128 East 22nd Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- John Brown, a machinist 1940
Next door in 1940: J C Rasmussen at 1122 and H A Hamilton at 1136. The block, door by door
- 2
1634 East 22nd Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- N E Brown, a foreman at Dixon & Murray 1940
Next door in 1940: T W Barnwell at 1616 and L A Amiel at 1650. The block, door by door
- 3
2781 East 22nd Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- G B Brown, on active service 1940
Next door in 1940: S Hutchings at 2759. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a foreman, a machinist and an on active service.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 John Brown at 1128 East 22nd Avenue, a machinist. The 1940 name section lists N E Brown at 1634 East 22nd Avenue, a foreman at Dixon & Murray. In 1940 the directory lists G B Brown at 2781 East 22nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George B Brown there as the householder, on active service.
Today
1128 East 22nd and 1634 East 22nd still have their buildings from before 1946; 2781 East 22nd (1985) has a newer building, 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.
- Brown John mach1128 East 22nd, p. 73
- Brown N E formn Dixon & Murray1634 East 22nd, p. 74
- Brown G B2781 East 22nd, p. 234
- Brown Geo B act serv2781 East 22nd, 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.