A family name on West 26th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Shaughnessy
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 West 26th Avenue, 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 3059 West 26th 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
- 1
3059 West 26th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- H M Brown, a salesman 1940
- Evelyn A Brown, a stenographer for T P Elder 1940
- Lillian M Brown, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: P D Ferguson at 3037 and W S Purvis at 3095. The block, door by door
- 2
3692 West 26th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- W R Brown, a mechanic at C N Telegraphs 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs R E Allen at 3676. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a mechanic, a nurse, a salesman and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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 H M Brown at 3059 West 26th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Hugh M Brown there as the householder, a salesman, with Evelyn A Brown, a stenographer for T P Elder, and Lillian M Brown, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists W R Brown at 3692 West 26th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William R Brown there as the householder, a mechanic at C N Telegraphs.
Today
3692 West 26th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 3059 West 26th (2014) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Brown H M3059 West 26th, p. 241
- Brown Evelyn A sten T P Elder3059 West 26th, p. 72
- Brown Hugh M slsmn3059 West 26th, p. 73
- Brown Lillian M nurse Van Genl Hosp3059 West 26th, p. 74
- Brown W R3692 West 26th, p. 241
- Brown Wm R mech C N Telegs3692 West 26th, 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.