A family name on East 7th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Browns
In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses
The directories print six people named Brown at five addresses in 1940, all on East 7th 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
43 East 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- A Brown, a bricklayer 1940
Next door in 1940: J Mackenzie at 33 and M Polley at 55. The block, door by door
- 2
101 East 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J W Brown, a clerk at the National Harbours Board 1940
Next door in 1940: Salv Army at 125. The block, door by door
- 3
141 East 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Thomas R Brown 1940
Next door in 1940: 9 listings at 133. The block, door by door
- 4
775 East 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- F H Brown, a janitor at the BC Government 1940
- Margaret Brown 1940
Next door in 1940: J M Graham at 771. The block, door by door
- 5
1948 East 7th Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Norman S Brown, a messenger 1940
Next door in 1940: D Murray at 1938. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a bricklayer, a clerk, a janitor and a messenger.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (4) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 A Brown at 43 East 7th Avenue, a bricklayer. J W Brown is listed at 101 East 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James W Brown there as the householder, a clerk at the National Harbours Board. The 1940 name section lists Thomas R Brown at 141 East 7th Avenue.
In 1940 the directory lists F H Brown at 775 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frank H Brown there as the householder, a janitor at the BC Government, with Margaret Brown. The 1940 name section lists Norman S Brown at 1948 East 7th Avenue, a messenger.
Today
101 East 7th and 1948 East 7th still have their buildings from before 1946, 101 East 7th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 141 East 7th (1975) and 775 East 7th (1984) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 43 East 7th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Brown A brklyr43 East 7th, p. 71
- Brown J W101 East 7th, p. 189
- Brown Jas W clk NHB101 East 7th, p. 73
- Brown Thos R141 East 7th, p. 74
- Brown F H775 East 7th, p. 190
- Brown Frank H jntr BC Govt775 East 7th, p. 72
- Brown Margt775 East 7th, p. 74
- Brown Norman S msngr1948 East 7th, p. 74
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.