A family name on East 47th Avenue, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney
The Browns
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Brown at three addresses in 1940, all on East 47th 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.
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Where the Browns lived
- 1
341 East 47th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- W M Brown, a driver at Terminal Cartage 1940
- Mona G Brown, a nursery aid at the Crippled Childrens Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: V W Stewart at 335 and S Smith at 357. The block, door by door
- 2
2085 East 47th Avenue
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- James E M Brown, proprietor of Brown's Bakery & Delicatessen 1940
Next door in 1940: G L Clark at 2065. The block, door by door
- 3
3190 East 47th Avenue
Killarney, 1940
- D Brown, a moulder 1940
- Evelyn Brown, a waitress at Ralph's Lunch 1940
Next door in 1940: W Ross at 3178. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all five: a driver, a moulder, a nursery aid, a proprietor and a waitress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Killarney, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 W M Brown at 341 East 47th 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 William M Brown there as the householder, a driver at Terminal Cartage, with Mona G Brown, a nursery aid at the Crippled Childrens Hospital. The 1940 name section lists James E M Brown at 2085 East 47th Avenue, proprietor of Brown's Bakery & Delicatessen.
D Brown is listed at 3190 East 47th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Daniel Brown there as the householder, a moulder, with Evelyn Brown, a waitress at Ralph's Lunch.
Today
341 East 47th, 2085 East 47th and 3190 East 47th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Brown W M341 East 47th, p. 263
- Brown Mona G nursery aid Crippled Childrens Hosp341 East 47th, p. 74
- Brown Wm M drvr Term Ctge341 East 47th, p. 75
- Brown Jas E M prop Brown's Bky & Delctsn2085 East 47th, p. 73
- *Brown D3190 East 47th, p. 263
- Brown Danl mldr3190 East 47th, p. 72
- Brown Evelyn waitress Ralph's Lunch3190 East 47th, p. 72
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.