A family name on Osler Street, Shaughnessy and Marpole
The Browns
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Brown at two addresses in 1940, all on Osler 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
4184 Osler Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- J H Brown, a millwright 1940
Next door in 1940: P A Dunne at 4150. The block, door by door
- 2
4749 Osler Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- C R Brown, an assessor at the BC Government 1940
Next door in 1940: S Wasserman at 4735. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an assessor and a millwright.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Shaughnessy (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 J H Brown at 4184 Osler 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, where each person's work is printed, lists John H Brown there as the householder, a millwright, with Jessie H Brown. In 1940 the directory lists C R Brown at 4749 Osler Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles R Brown there as the householder, an assessor at the BC Government.
Today
4184 Osler still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 4749 Osler (2016) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Brown J H4184 Osler, p. 123
- Brown Jessie H4184 Osler, p. 73
- Brown John H mlwrt4184 Osler, p. 73
- *Brown C R4749 Osler, p. 123
- Brown Chas R assessor BC Govt4749 Osler, 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.