A family name on Nelson Street, West End and Downtown
The Browns
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Brown at two addresses in 1940, all on Nelson Street, with the close spelling Browne. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
1853 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- G Brown, a weighmaster at the Board of Grain Commissioners 1940
Next door in 1940: H J Cupper at 1835 and Mrs T Oliver at 1857. The block, door by door
- 2
1931 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Brown (no first name printed) 1940
- Anne Brown, a stenographer at Confederation Life 1940
Next door in 1940: J Snider at 1925. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a stenographer and a weighmaster.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2). 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 G Brown at 1853 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Brown there as the householder, a weighmaster at the Board of Grain Commissioners. The 1940 name section lists Brown (no first name printed) at 1931 Nelson Street, with Anne Brown, a stenographer at Confederation Life.
Today
1931 Nelson (1965) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1853 Nelson, so that building is 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 G1853 Nelson, p. 119
- Brown Geo weighmstr Bd of Grain Comrs1853 Nelson, p. 72
- Brown Mrs —1931 Nelson, p. 71
- Brown Anne sten Confed Life1931 Nelson, p. 72
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.