A family name on West 49th Avenue, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Dunbar-Southlands
The Browns
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Brown at two addresses in 1940, all on West 49th 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 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
295 West 49th Avenue
Oakridge, 1940
- R M Brown, a driver at Campbell Storage 1940
Next door in 1940: S S Knill at 281. The block, door by door
- 2
2784 West 49th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Dr H Brown, a physician 1940
- Barbara I Brown, a masseuse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: H V Hummel at 2736. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a driver, a masseuse and a physician.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale and Oakridge. 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 R M Brown at 295 West 49th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Russell M Brown there as the householder, a driver at Campbell Storage. In 1940 the directory lists Dr H Brown at 2784 West 49th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Harold Brown there as the householder, a physician, with Barbara I Brown, a masseuse at the Vancouver General Hospital.
Today
295 West 49th (1958) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2784 West 49th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Brown R M295 West 49th, p. 265
- Brown Russell M drvr Campbell Stge295 West 49th, p. 74
- Brown Dr H2784 West 49th, p. 265
- Brown Barbara I masseuse Van Genl Hosp2784 West 49th, p. 72
- Brown Harold phys 405, 718 Granville2784 West 49th, p. 73
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.