A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Browns
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Brown at three addresses in 1940, all on West 8th 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
530 West 8th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- M T Brown, a paint contractor 1940
Next door in 1940: Allright Ladder Co at 532. The block, door by door
- 2
1110 West 8th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- L L Brown 1940
- Le Roy L Brown, on active service 1940
Next door in 1940: G M Cunningham at 1140. The block, door by door
- 3
2657 West 8th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs B Brown, widow of H S 1940
- Roy H Brown, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: P L Stockstad at 2645 and J R McGrath at 2685. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a laborer and an on active service. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (2) and Kitsilano. 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 M T Brown, a paint contractor, at 530 West 8th Avenue. L L Brown is listed at 1110 West 8th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Le Roy L Brown there as the householder, on active service.
Mrs B Brown is listed at 2657 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Bertha Brown there as the householder, widow of H S, with Roy H Brown, a laborer.
Today
2657 West 8th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 530 West 8th and 1110 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Brown M T paint contr530 West 8th, p. 194
- *Brown L L1110 West 8th, p. 195
- Brown Le Roy L act serv1110 West 8th, p. 74
- Brown Mrs B2657 West 8th, p. 196
- Brown Bertha wid H S2657 West 8th, p. 72
- Brown Roy H lab2657 West 8th, p. 74
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Browns
Every directory, as one book
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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.