A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Brownriggs
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Brownrigg at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Brownriggs lived
- 1
2789 East 7th Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Henry Brownrigge 1940
Next door in 1940: W Adams at 2781. The block, door by door
- 2
5937 Marguerite Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- J T Brownrigg, a sales agent at National Cash Register 1940
- Aileen M Brownrigg 1940
Next door in 1940: A McAllister at 5911 and W N Martin at 5961. The block, door by door
- 3
637 Seymour Street
Downtown, 1940
- James A Brownrigg, an accountant at Ryan Messengers 1940
Next door in 1940: Mason & Risch at 635 and G F Jackson at 641. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an accountant and a sales agent.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Henry Brownrigge at 2789 East 7th Avenue as the householder. J T Brownrigg is listed at 5937 Marguerite 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 John T Brownrigg there as the householder, a sales agent at National Cash Register, with Aileen M Brownrigg. The 1940 name section lists James A Brownrigg at 637 Seymour Street, an accountant at Ryan Messengers.
Today
2789 East 7th (2008) and 5937 Marguerite (2020) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 637 Seymour, so that building is 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.
- Brownrigge Henry2789 East 7th, p. 75
- *Brownrigg J T5937 Marguerite, p. 111
- Brownrigg Aileen M5937 Marguerite, p. 75
- Brownrigg John T sls agt Natl Cash Register5937 Marguerite, p. 75
- Brownrigg Jas A acct Ryan Msngrs637 Seymour, p. 75
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Brownriggs
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Brownrigg 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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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.