A family name on Keefer Street, Strathcona and Downtown
The Browns
In the city directories 1915–1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Brown at three addresses between 1915 and 1940, all on Keefer 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.
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
615 Keefer Street
Strathcona, 1915
- George Brown 1915
Next door in 1915: John E McClelland at 625. The block, door by door
- 2
558 Keefer Street
Strathcona, 1925
- G Brown 1925
Next door in 1925: “Chinese” at 548 and C Ganter at 560. The block, door by door
- 3
296 Keefer Street
Strathcona, 1940
- James Y Brown, a saw filer 1940
- John Brown, a logger 1940
Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 290. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a logger and a saw filer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (3). 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 1915 the directory lists George Brown at 615 Keefer Street. G Brown is listed at 558 Keefer Street, in the Keefer Lodge in 1925. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James Y Brown at 296 Keefer Street, a saw filer, with John Brown, a logger.
Today
558 Keefer (1963) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 615 Keefer and 296 Keefer, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Brown Geo615 Keefer, p. 98
Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory, street section
- Brown G558 Keefer, p. 72
Wrigley-Henderson Amalgamated British Columbia Directory, street section
- Brown Jas Y saw filer296 Keefer, p. 73
- Brown John logr296 Keefer, p. 73
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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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.