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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Browns

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at eight addresses

The directories print ten people named Brown at eight addresses in 1940, all on West 12th Avenue, 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 most under one roof: three Browns at 1225 West 12th in 1940. 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    666 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • John Brown, a bookkeeper for Orange Crush 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M M Lynch at 654 and Mrs M A Crozier at 674. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    814 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Norman Brown, a waiter at Black Cat 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Campbell at 810 and H N Stephenson at 816. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1006 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mary O Brown, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Ralston at 1016. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1026 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H Brown, a president at H Brown & Sons 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A Turner at 1020 and H J Voysey at 1046. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1225 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • F G Brown, an agent at Confederation Life 1940
    • F Doug W Brown, a manager at R M B Lab 1940
    • Grant Brown, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: 4 listings at 1235. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1272 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Ethel M Brown, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs N Gill at 1266 and Mrs E Yegl at 1290. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1296 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs Essie Brown, an inspector at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Yegl at 1290. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1686 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J M Brown, a trader 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Thompson at 1684 and J Barzman at 1696. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for nine of the ten: an agent, a bookkeeper, an inspector, a manager, a nurse and a president, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (8). 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 John Brown at 666 West 12th Avenue, a bookkeeper for Orange Crush. The 1940 name section lists Norman Brown at 814 West 12th Avenue, a waiter at Black Cat. The 1940 name section lists Mary O Brown at 1006 West 12th Avenue, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital.

H Brown is listed at 1026 West 12th Avenue 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 Henry Brown there as the householder, a president at H Brown & Sons. F G Brown is listed at 1225 West 12th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick G Brown there as the householder, an agent at Confederation Life, with F Doug W Brown, a manager at R M B Lab, and Grant Brown, a student.

The 1940 name section lists Ethel M Brown at 1272 West 12th Avenue, a school teacher. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Essie Brown at 1296 West 12th Avenue, an inspector at the BC Government. J M Brown is listed at 1686 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Jack M Brown there as the householder, a trader.

Today

1006 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1922 by the City's record; 1225 West 12th (1969), 1272 West 12th (1981) and 1686 West 12th (1968) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 666 West 12th, 814 West 12th, 1026 West 12th and 1296 West 12th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Browns

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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.