A family name on West Georgia Street, Downtown and West End
The Browns
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Brown at four addresses in 1940, all on West Georgia Street, 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
320 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- Frederick Brown 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs P Hargreaves at 316 and Hockley Auto Serv at 390. The block, door by door
- 2
801 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- Miss M Brown, a feminine hygiene 1940
Next door in 1940: devonshire hotel at 849. The block, door by door
- 3
925 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- C E Brown, a physician 1940
- A O Brown, a physician 1940
Next door in 1940: Lunch Sandwich at 915 and Macdonald's Prescriptions at 929. The block, door by door
- 4
1201 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- Alice Brown, widow of J L 1940
Next door in 1940: Auto Reconditioning at 1219. The block, door by door
What they did
One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (4). 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 Frederick Brown at 320 West Georgia Street. Miss M Brown, a feminine hygiene, is listed at 801 West Georgia Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists A O Brown, a physician, at 925 West Georgia Street. By 1940 it is C E Brown, a physician.
The 1940 name section lists Alice Brown at 1201 West Georgia Street, widow of J L.
Today
801 West Georgia and 1201 West Georgia still have their buildings from before 1946, both on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 320 West Georgia and 925 West Georgia, 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 Fredk320 West Georgia, p. 72
- Brown Miss M feminine hygiene801 West Georgia, p. 57
- Brown C E phys925 West Georgia, p. 58
- Brown A O phys925 West Georgia, p. 57
- Brown Alice wid J L1201 West Georgia, p. 71
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.