A family name on Oxford Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland
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 Oxford 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
2648 Oxford Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- R M Brown, a grocer 1940
- May Brown, a stenographer at Kydd Bros 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs F Cowan at 2642 and P Wallis at 2650. The block, door by door
- 2
3421 Oxford Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Ada M Brown 1940
Next door in 1940: W H White at 3417 and H T Batchelor at 3425. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a grocer and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (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 R M Brown at 2648 Oxford Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert M Brown there as the householder, a grocer, with Rene Brown, a saleswoman, and May Brown, a stenographer at Kydd Bros. The 1940 name section lists Ada M Brown at 3421 Oxford Street.
Today
3421 Oxford still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 2648 Oxford (1971) 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 R M2648 Oxford, p. 124
- Brown May sten Kydd Bros2648 Oxford, p. 74
- Brown Rene slswm2648 Oxford, p. 74
- Brown Robt M gro 2463 E Hastings2648 Oxford, p. 74
- Brown Ada M3421 Oxford, p. 71
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.