A family name on Glen Drive, Strathcona, Mount Pleasant 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 Glen Drive, 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Browns lived
- 1
729 Glen Drive
Strathcona, 1940
- J Brown, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: J Chadis at 731. The block, door by door
- 2
3850 Glen Drive
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- F C Brown, a mechanic at Begg Motors 1940
- Edith M Brown 1940
Next door in 1940: A A Walker at 3824 and J Watson at 3872. The block, door by door
- 3
3896 Glen Drive
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- J Brown, an engineer for Strathmore Lodge 1940
Next door in 1940: J Robertson at 3884. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an engineer, a laborer and a mechanic.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Strathcona. 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 J Brown at 729 Glen Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joe Brown there as the householder, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists F C Brown at 3850 Glen Drive. The 1940 name section lists Frank C Brown there as the householder, a mechanic at Begg Motors, with Edith M Brown.
In 1940 the directory lists J Brown at 3896 Glen Drive. The 1940 name section lists John Brown there as the householder, an engineer for Strathmore Lodge.
Today
3850 Glen Drive and 3896 Glen Drive still have their buildings from before 1946; 729 Glen Drive (1983) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Brown J729 Glen Drive, p. 60
- Brown Joe lab729 Glen Drive, p. 73
- Brown F C3850 Glen Drive, p. 60
- Brown Edith M3850 Glen Drive, p. 72
- Brown Frank C mech Begg Motors3850 Glen Drive, p. 72
- Brown J3896 Glen Drive, p. 60
- Brown John eng Strathmore Lodge3896 Glen Drive, p. 73
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.