A family name on West 18th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Browns
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Brown at four addresses in 1940, all on West 18th 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 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
563 West 18th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- Lillias Brown, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: G S Podger at 559 and T Fawkes at 567. The block, door by door
- 2
865 West 18th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- A A Brown, a mill superintendent at Alberta Lumber 1940
- H Brown, a yardman at Alberta Lumber 1940
Next door in 1940: W McIntosh at 845 and W D Clapp at 869. The block, door by door
- 3
2790 West 18th Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- E C Brown, a painter 1940
Next door in 1940: T D Lewis at 2776. The block, door by door
- 4
3768 West 18th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Margaret Brown, widow of B 1940
Next door in 1940: C W Towse at 3756 and Mrs M E Diamond at 3780. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an employee, a mill superintendent, a painter and a yardman. Two of them worked for Alberta Lumber. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in South Cambie (2), Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 Lillias Brown at 563 West 18th Avenue, who worked for the BC Telephone. A A Brown is listed at 865 West 18th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Albert A Brown there as the householder, a mill superintendent at Alberta Lumber, with H Brown, a yardman at Alberta Lumber.
E C Brown is listed at 2790 West 18th 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 Earl C Brown there as the householder, a painter. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Brown at 3768 West 18th Avenue, widow of B.
Today
563 West 18th, 865 West 18th and 3768 West 18th still have their buildings from before 1946, 865 West 18th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2790 West 18th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Brown Lillias emp BC Tel563 West 18th, p. 74
- Brown A A865 West 18th, p. 227
- Brown Albt A mill supt Alberta Lbr865 West 18th, p. 71
- Brown H ydmn Alberta Lbr865 West 18th, p. 73
- *Brown E C2790 West 18th, p. 227
- Brown Earl C pntr2790 West 18th, p. 72
- Brown Margt wid B3768 West 18th, p. 74
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.