A family name on Venables Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
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 Venables 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
1503 Venables Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- H T Brown, an egg dealer 1940
Next door in 1940: L Mansueto at 1509. The block, door by door
- 2
1515 Venables Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- J N J Brown, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: L Mansueto at 1509 and J H Whitfield at 1521. The block, door by door
- 3
1654 Venables Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- T Brown, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: F J Russell at 1652 and S A Wood at 1656. The block, door by door
- 4
2733 Venables Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- A Brown, a helper 1940
Next door in 1940: A C Bourque at 2709 and H K Pedersen at 2787. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an egg dealer, a helper and a laborer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (3) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 H T Brown, an egg dealer, at 1503 Venables 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 Herbert T Brown there, an egg dealer. In 1940 the directory lists J N J Brown at 1515 Venables Street. The 1940 name section lists James N J Brown there as the householder, retired.
In 1940 the directory lists T Brown at 1654 Venables Street. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Brown there, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists A Brown at 2733 Venables Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alex Brown there as the householder, a helper.
Today
1654 Venables still has its building from before 1946, dated 1914 by the City's record; 1503 Venables (1968) and 2733 Venables (1974) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1515 Venables, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Brown H T egg dlr1503 Venables, p. 160
- Brown Herbt T egg dlr1503 Venables, p. 73
- Brown J N J1515 Venables, p. 160
- Brown Jas N J retired1515 Venables, p. 73
- Brown T1654 Venables, p. 160
- Brown Thos lab1654 Venables, p. 74
- *Brown A2733 Venables, p. 161
- Brown Alex hlpr BCE Power & Gas2733 Venables, p. 71
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Browns
Every directory, as one book
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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.