A family name on Graveley Street, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Browns
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Brown at three addresses in 1940, all on Graveley 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
1572 Graveley Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- H Brown, a beveller at Holt & Sons 1940
Next door in 1940: W Needley at 1562. The block, door by door
- 2
2455 Graveley Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- F R Brown, a bricklayer 1940
Next door in 1940: J E Barlow at 2465. The block, door by door
- 3
2505 Graveley Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Willard J Brown, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940
Next door in 1940: A A Elsom at 2511. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a beveller, a bricklayer and a millworker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) 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
In 1940 the directory lists H Brown at 1572 Graveley Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Herbert Brown there as the householder, a beveller at Holt & Sons. In 1940 the directory lists F R Brown at 2455 Graveley 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 lists Frederick R Brown there as the householder, a bricklayer.
The 1940 name section lists Willard J Brown at 2505 Graveley Street, a millworker at BC Plywoods.
Today
1572 Graveley, 2455 Graveley and 2505 Graveley 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 H1572 Graveley, p. 69
- Brown Herbt beveller Holt & Sons1572 Graveley, p. 73
- *Brown F R2455 Graveley, p. 69
- Brown Fredk R brklyr2455 Graveley, p. 72
- Brown Willard J mlwkr BC Plywoods2505 Graveley, p. 75
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.