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A family name on West King Edward Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Browns

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at five addresses

The directories print nine people named Brown at five addresses in 1940, all on West King Edward 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 most under one roof: three Browns at 3024 West King Edward in 1940. 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    431 West King Edward Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • H H Brown, a clerk at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Wiley at 419. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    631 West King Edward Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • W H Brown, a school teacher 1940
    • Harold McB Brown, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: T D Chapman at 619 and T B Quisenberry at 645. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3024 West King Edward Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • F J Brown, a master mariner 1940
    • Roy H Brown, a bookkeeper at Cassidy's 1940
    • Wilfred S Brown, a laborer at Shell Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Armstrong at 3006 and E A Watson at 3038. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3105 West King Edward Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Jennie A Brown, widow of J L 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S Patrick at 3115. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3660 West King Edward Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Miss M K Brown 1940
    • Marion K Brown, a corsetiere 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Godfrey at 3650 and M McGregor at 3690. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the nine: a school teacher (2), a bookkeeper, a clerk, a corsetiere, a laborer and a master mariner. Two of them worked for Vancouver City. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (3), Riley Park and South Cambie. 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 H H Brown at 431 West King Edward Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Henry H Brown there as the householder, a clerk at the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists W H Brown at 631 West King Edward Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William H Brown there as the householder, a school teacher, with Harold McB Brown, a school teacher.

In 1940 the directory lists F J Brown at 3024 West King Edward 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 lists Frederick J Brown there as the householder, a master mariner, with Roy H Brown, a bookkeeper at Cassidy's, and Wilfred S Brown, a laborer at Shell Oil. The 1940 name section lists Jennie A Brown at 3105 West King Edward Avenue, widow of J L.

Miss M K Brown is listed at 3660 West King Edward Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Marion K Brown there as the householder, a corsetiere.

Today

431 West King Edward and 3105 West King Edward still have their buildings from before 1946; 3660 West King Edward (2017) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 631 West King Edward and 3024 West King Edward, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

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.