A family name on Fraser Street, Sunset, Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
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 Fraser Street, 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
4786 Fraser Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs E Brown, widow of W S 1940
- Edna May Brown, an assistant cook at the Deaf & Blind School 1940
Next door in 1940: M Campbell at 4780 and A Cobban at 4794. The block, door by door
- 2
6126 Fraser Street
Sunset, 1940
- O C Brown, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: Beauty Shoppe De Lila at 6124 and C W Sutherland at 6128. The block, door by door
- 3
6464 Fraser Street
Sunset, 1940
- Walter Brown 1940
Next door in 1940: A Nichols at 6458 and L S Eaton at 6474. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an assistant cook and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Sunset (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 E Brown at 4786 Fraser Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ethel Brown there as the householder, widow of W S, with Edna May Brown, an assistant cook at the Deaf & Blind School. In 1940 the directory lists O C Brown at 6126 Fraser Street. The 1940 name section lists Oliver C Brown there as the householder, a salesman.
The 1940 name section lists Walter Brown at 6464 Fraser Street.
Today
6126 Fraser still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4786 Fraser and 6464 Fraser, 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 E4786 Fraser, p. 52
- Brown Edna May asst cook Deaf & Blind Sch4786 Fraser, p. 72
- Brown Ethel wid W S4786 Fraser, p. 72
- Brown O C6126 Fraser, p. 53
- Brown Oliver C slsmn6126 Fraser, p. 74
- Brown Walter6464 Fraser, 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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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.