A family name on Yew Street, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale
The Browns
In the city directories 1925–1945 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Brown at four addresses between 1925 and 1945, all on Yew 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
2421 Yew Street
Kitsilano, 1925
- C Brown 1925
Next door in 1925: V Gwyther at 2415. The block, door by door
- 2
1631 Yew Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- J Brown, proprietor of Fourth Avenue Fish & Chips 1940
Next door in 1940: H Fairhurst at 1629 and C D Calder at 1645. The block, door by door
- 3
6619 Yew Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- S C Brown, a master mariner 1940
Next door in 1940: T Urchishen at 6605 and A P Hoskins at 6633. The block, door by door
- 4
2221 Yew Street
Kitsilano, 1945
- F Brown 1945
Next door in 1945: T S Gruber at 2211. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a master mariner and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (3) and Kerrisdale. 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 1925 the directory lists C Brown at 2421 Yew Street. J Brown is listed at 1631 Yew Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Brown there as the householder, proprietor of Fourth Avenue Fish & Chips.
S C Brown is listed at 6619 Yew Street 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 lists Sid C Brown there as the householder, a master mariner. F Brown is listed at 2221 Yew Street in 1945; the 1945 line is marked * too.
Today
2421 Yew, 6619 Yew and 2221 Yew still have their buildings from before 1946; 1631 Yew (1977) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
Wrigley-Henderson Amalgamated British Columbia Directory, street section
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.