A family name on Turner Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland
The Browns
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Brown at two addresses in 1940, all on Turner 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 most under one roof: three Browns at 2044 Turner in 1940. The directories print the name on 254 other streets too, all listed on the Brown name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Browns lived
- 1
1962 Turner Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- A E Brown, a jitney driver at R & H Sawmills 1940
Next door in 1940: W J McGill at 1950 and Mrs K M Griffin at 1968. The block, door by door
- 2
2044 Turner Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- W E Brown, an engineer watchman at the Canadian Government 1940
- Alex H Brown, a student 1940
- William R Brown, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: W H Fairley at 2068. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an engineer watchman and a jitney driver.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (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 A E Brown at 1962 Turner Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert E Brown there as the householder, a jitney driver at R & H Sawmills. In 1940 the directory lists W E Brown at 2044 Turner 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 lists William E Brown there as the householder, an engineer watchman at the Canadian Government, with Alex H Brown, a student, and William R Brown, a student.
Today
1962 Turner and 2044 Turner still have their buildings from before 1946, 1962 Turner on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Brown A E1962 Turner, p. 158
- Brown Albt E jitney drvr R & H Sawmills1962 Turner, p. 71
- *Brown W E2044 Turner, p. 158
- Brown Alex H studt2044 Turner, p. 71
- Brown Wm E eng wtchmn Can Govt2044 Turner, p. 75
- Brown Wm R studt2044 Turner, p. 75
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.