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A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Browns

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at eight addresses

The directories print eleven people named Brown at eight addresses in 1940, all on West Broadway, 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    638 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • J Browne, a moulder at the Sumner Brass Foundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: Ferguson & Hart at 636 and D Robinson at 640. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    653 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • C Brown, a hairdresser 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Martin at 645 and W J Harris at 655. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1250 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • William D Browne, a stockkeeper at Lawrence Manufacturing 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rose Ball Room White at 1236 and G Howell at 1274. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1275 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • Margaret H P Brown, a bookkeeper for W Greenlees 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss F Livingston at 1265 and Mrs S Koenig at 1283. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1744 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • Cecil Brown 1940
    • Frank C Brown, a salesman at Associated Dairies 1940

    Next door in 1940: W M Ross at 1734 and Mrs C M Bottineau at 1754. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1765 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs D Brown, widow of J 1940
    • Thelma M Brown, a stenographer at International Bus Machinery 1940

    Next door in 1940: Two Boys Msngr Serv at 1735 and L J La Rocque at 1775. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1886 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M Brown, widow of F 1940
    • John C Brown, a shipper for R C A Victor 1940

    Next door in 1940: madison (the) at 1876. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    2336 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E C Browne, a factory for Alaska Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: Beauty Shoppe Connaught at 2308 and Miss C Boswell at 2348. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the eleven: a bookkeeper, a factory, a hairdresser, a moulder, a salesman and a shipper, among others. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (6) and Kitsilano (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 J Browne at 638 West Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Browne there as the householder, a moulder at the Sumner Brass Foundry. In 1940 the directory lists C Brown at 653 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Charles Brown there as the householder, a hairdresser.

The 1940 name section lists William D Browne at 1250 West Broadway, a stockkeeper at Lawrence Manufacturing. The 1940 name section lists Margaret H P Brown at 1275 West Broadway, a bookkeeper for W Greenlees. The 1940 name section lists Cecil Brown at 1744 West Broadway, with Frank C Brown, a salesman at Associated Dairies.

Mrs D Brown is listed at 1765 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Doris Brown there as the householder, widow of J, with Thelma M Brown, a stenographer at International Bus Machinery. Mrs M Brown is listed at 1886 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Minnie Brown there as the householder, widow of F, with John C Brown, a shipper for R C A Victor.

E C Browne is listed at 2336 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Edward C Browne there as the householder, a factory for Alaska Pine.

Today

638 West Broadway and 1886 West Broadway still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 653 West Broadway, 1250 West Broadway, 1275 West Broadway, 1744 West Broadway, 1765 West Broadway and 2336 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.