A family name on East Broadway, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Hastings-Sunrise
The Browns
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Brown at three addresses in 1940, all on East Broadway, 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
860 East Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mrs M Brown, a laundress at Pioneer Laundry 1940
- Ferguson Brown 1940
Next door in 1940: T Bamford at 856 and H D Anderson at 862. The block, door by door
- 2
2567 East Broadway
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Olive L Brown, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: A Parsons at 2561 and L Jones at 2579. The block, door by door
- 3
2969 East Broadway
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- T Brown, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: F A Jones at 2915. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a laundress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 Mrs M Brown at 860 East Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Margaret Brown there as the householder, a laundress at Pioneer Laundry, with Ferguson Brown. The 1940 name section lists Olive L Brown at 2567 East Broadway, a student.
T Brown is listed at 2969 East Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Brown there, retired.
Today
2567 East Broadway still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 860 East Broadway and 2969 East Broadway, 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 Mrs M860 East Broadway, p. 15
- Brown Ferguson860 East Broadway, p. 72
- Brown Mrs Margt lndrs Pioneer Lndry860 East Broadway, p. 74
- Brown Olive L studt2567 East Broadway, p. 74
- Brown T2969 East Broadway, p. 16
- Brown Thos retired2969 East Broadway, p. 74
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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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.