A family name on Point Grey Road, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Browns
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Brown at three addresses in 1940, all on Point Grey Road, 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
2779 Point Grey Road
Kitsilano, 1940
- Don F Brown, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: W MacAdams at 2745 and R L MacLean at 2781. The block, door by door
- 2
2875 Point Grey Road
Kitsilano, 1940
- J Brown, a movie operator at the Lux Theatre 1940
Next door in 1940: E A Woodward at 2831 and W Wood at 2893. The block, door by door
- 3
3085 Point Grey Road
Kitsilano, 1940
- D C Brown, a sales director at Vancouver Flour Sales 1940
Next door in 1940: C G Frampton at 3019 and A R Macfarlane at 3095. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a movie operator, a sales director and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Don F Brown at 2779 Point Grey Road, a salesman. J Brown is listed at 2875 Point Grey Road in 1940; 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 lists James Brown there as the householder, a movie operator at the Lux Theatre.
D C Brown is listed at 3085 Point Grey Road in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Don C Brown there as the householder, a sales director at Vancouver Flour Sales.
Today
3085 Point Grey Road (2008) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2779 Point Grey Road and 2875 Point Grey Road, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Brown Don F slsmn2779 Point Grey Road, p. 72
- *Brown J2875 Point Grey Road, p. 134
- Brown Jas movie opr Lux Thea2875 Point Grey Road, p. 73
- *Brown D C3085 Point Grey Road, p. 134
- Brown Don C sales dir Van Flour Sales3085 Point Grey Road, p. 72
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Browns
Every directory, as one book
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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.