A family name on Hornby Street, Downtown
The Browns
In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses
The directories print five people named Brown at five addresses in 1940, all on Hornby 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
877 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- J Brown, a collector at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: L Forscutt at 873 and J Johnston at 883. The block, door by door
- 2
882 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs L R Brown, who kept rooms to let 1940
Next door in 1940: Order Rosicrucian at 878 and E Aston at 886. The block, door by door
- 3
1101 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- William Brown 1940
Next door in 1940: C H Jones at 1109. The block, door by door
- 4
1235 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- Thomas Brown 1940
Next door in 1940: Skinner-Atkins at 1233 and W R Hay at 1243. The block, door by door
- 5
1247 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- Norman R Brown, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: W R Hay at 1243 and G R Riley at 1249. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a collector and a longshoreman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (5). 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists J Brown at 877 Hornby Street, a collector at Spencer's. Mrs L R Brown is listed at 882 Hornby Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Lillian R Brown there, who kept rooms to let. The 1940 name section lists William Brown at 1101 Hornby Street.
The 1940 name section lists Thomas Brown at 1235 Hornby Street. The 1940 name section lists Norman R Brown at 1247 Hornby Street, a longshoreman.
Today
The City no longer lists 877 Hornby, 882 Hornby, 1101 Hornby, 1235 Hornby and 1247 Hornby, 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 J collr Spencers877 Hornby, p. 73
- Brown Mrs L R882 Hornby, p. 86
- Brown Mrs Lillian R rooms882 Hornby, p. 74
- Brown Wm1101 Hornby, p. 75
- Brown Thos1235 Hornby, p. 74
- Brown Norman R lngshmn1247 Hornby, p. 74
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.