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A family name on East 43rd Avenue, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney

The Browns

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Brown at four addresses in 1940, all on East 43rd 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 most under one roof: three Browns at 541 East 43rd in 1940. 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

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

    479 East 43rd Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • H Brown, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Robinson at 473 and Mrs K Reilly at 483. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    541 East 43rd Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Mrs M Brown, widow of J 1940
    • James Brown, a steelworker 1940
    • Richard Brown, a department manager 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Fuller at 533. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    546 East 43rd Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • K Noel Brown, a saleswoman 1940
    • Thomas R Brown, a driver at British Meat Packers 1940

    Next door in 1940: K N Klassen at 536 and A J Lefebvre at 566. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    666 East 43rd Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J M Brown, a clerk at BC Drugs 1940
    • Irene R Brown, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: A D Brendon at 656 and A Gillespie at 676. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a clerk, a department manager, a driver, a saleswoman and a steelworker. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (4). 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 Brown at 479 East 43rd Avenue; 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 Hugh Brown there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Brown at 541 East 43rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mary Brown there as the householder, widow of J, with James Brown, a steelworker, and Richard Brown, a department manager.

The 1940 name section lists K Noel Brown at 546 East 43rd Avenue, a saleswoman, with Thomas R Brown, a driver at British Meat Packers. J M Brown is listed at 666 East 43rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James M Brown there as the householder, a clerk at BC Drugs, with Irene R Brown, a student.

Today

479 East 43rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 546 East 43rd (1970) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 541 East 43rd and 666 East 43rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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 Browns

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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.