A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Browns
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Brown at three addresses in 1940, all on West 7th 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Browns lived
- 1
65 West 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- William D Brown, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: P Nessenbaum at 59 and W D Horelkin at 75. The block, door by door
- 2
1353 West 7th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- George Brown, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: A L Taylor at 1343 and Mrs R Endicott at 1365. The block, door by door
- 3
2643 West 7th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- H Brown, a carpenter 1940
- James McC Brown 1940
Next door in 1940: H A Ham at 2639 and Mrs V M Hurst at 2651. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a carpenter and a laborer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 William D Brown at 65 West 7th Avenue, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists George Brown at 1353 West 7th Avenue, retired. In 1940 the directory lists H Brown at 2643 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Hugh Brown there as the householder, a carpenter, with James McC Brown.
Today
2643 West 7th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 65 West 7th and 1353 West 7th, so those buildings are 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 Wm D lab65 West 7th, p. 75
- Brown Geo retired1353 West 7th, p. 72
- Brown H2643 West 7th, p. 192
- Brown Hugh carp2643 West 7th, p. 73
- Brown Jas McC2643 West 7th, p. 73
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.