A family name on West 37th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
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 37th 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 3076 West 37th 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
1971 West 37th Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- A B Brown, of Brown's Grocery 1940
Next door in 1940: B Sinclair at 1963 and J H Carlisle at 1973. The block, door by door
- 2
3076 West 37th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- R W Brown, a warehouseman at Barber-Ellis 1940
- Charles H Brown, a chauffeur at BC Motor Transportation 1940
- Harriett Brown, widow of C 1940
Next door in 1940: W R Bucknall at 3058. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a chauffeur and a warehouseman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Shaughnessy. 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 B Brown at 1971 West 37th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alvin B Brown there as the householder, of Brown's Grocery. In 1940 the directory lists R W Brown at 3076 West 37th Avenue; 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 Ron W Brown there as the householder, a warehouseman at Barber-Ellis, with Charles H Brown, a chauffeur at BC Motor Transportation, and Harriett Brown, widow of C.
Today
1971 West 37th (2011) and 3076 West 37th (1981) have newer buildings, 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 A B1971 West 37th, p. 253
- Brown Alvin B of Brown's Gro1971 West 37th, p. 72
- *Brown R W3076 West 37th, p. 254
- Brown Chas H chauf BC Motor Trans3076 West 37th, p. 72
- Brown Harriett wid C3076 West 37th, p. 73
- Brown Ron W whsmn Barber-Ellis3076 West 37th, p. 74
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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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.