A family name on Franklin Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Browns
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Brown at two addresses in 1940, all on Franklin Street, with the close spelling Browne. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
2803 Franklin Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- E Brown, a florist 1940
- Doris A Brown, a saleswoman for E Brown 1940
Next door in 1940: A C Bayliss at 2809. The block, door by door
- 2
3467 Franklin Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Mrs M Brown, a waitress at the Georgia Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: J Chrystall at 3459 and E E Bennett at 3473. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a florist, a saleswoman and a waitress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2). 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 E Brown at 2803 Franklin Street; 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 Edward Brown there as the householder, a florist, with Doris A Brown, a saleswoman for E Brown. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Brown at 3467 Franklin Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Mary Brown there as the householder, a waitress at the Georgia Hotel.
Today
2803 Franklin and 3467 Franklin still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Brown E2803 Franklin, p. 52
- Brown Doris A slswm E Brown2803 Franklin, p. 72
- Brown Edw florist 152 W Hastings2803 Franklin, p. 72
- *Brown Mrs M3467 Franklin, p. 52
- Brown Mrs Mary waitress Georgia Hotel3467 Franklin, 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.