A family name on Seymour Street, Downtown
The Browns
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Brown at four addresses in 1940, all on Seymour 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.
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Where the Browns lived
- 1
773 Seymour Street
Downtown, 1940
- Arthur Brown, a branch manager at Sterling Food Markets 1940
Next door in 1940: Royal Parking Serv at 767 and Ambassador Beer Parlor at 775. The block, door by door
- 2
822 Seymour Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs M Brown, in farm produce 1940
Next door in 1940: Motordrome Ltd at 848. The block, door by door
- 3
889 Seymour Street
Downtown, 1940
- Albert E Brown, a collector at the News Herald 1940
Next door in 1940: Roper's June B C School of Dancing at 887. The block, door by door
- 4
900 Seymour Street
Downtown, 1940
- David Brown, a freight hand at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: Lunch See-More at 902. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a branch manager, a collector and a freight hand.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (4). 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 Arthur Brown at 773 Seymour Street, a branch manager at Sterling Food Markets. Mrs M Brown, in farm produce, is listed at 822 Seymour Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Albert E Brown at 889 Seymour Street, a collector at the News Herald. The 1940 name section lists David Brown at 900 Seymour Street, a freight hand at the CPR.
Today
900 Seymour still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 822 Seymour (2005) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 773 Seymour and 889 Seymour, 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 Arth br mgr Sterling Food Mkts773 Seymour, p. 72
- Brown Mrs M farm prod822 Seymour, p. 150
- Brown Albt E collr News Herald889 Seymour, p. 71
- Brown David frt hd CPR900 Seymour, 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
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.