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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Cave-Brown-Caves

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Cave-Brown-Cave at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Cave-Browne-Cave. 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 Cave-Brown-Caves 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

    1154 Gilford Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs R Cave-Browne-Cave 1940

    Next door in 1940: G L Foerster at 1106. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1905 West 45th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • C Cave-Browne-Cave 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Caine at 1913. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    603 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Miss M P Cave-Brown-Cave, a music teacher 1940
    • Miss B Cave-Brown-Cave, a music teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Post Fund Last at 601 and Pitman's Optical House at 605. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kerrisdale and West End. 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 Mrs R Cave-Browne-Cave at 1154 Gilford Street. C Cave-Browne-Cave is listed at 1905 West 45th Avenue 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). In 1940 the directory lists Miss B Cave-Brown-Cave, a music teacher, at 603 West Hastings Street. By 1940 it is Miss M P Cave-Brown-Cave, a music teacher.

Today

1154 Gilford and 1905 West 45th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1154 Gilford on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 603 West Hastings, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Hastings Street looking east from Granville on 1 July 1888, with flags strung across it and the Alfred Bunker building on the corner
1 July 1888 Hastings Street looking east from Granville on 1 July 1888, with flags strung across it and the Alfred Bunker building on the corner. Taken where the 600 block ends; it doesn't single out the house at 603 West Hastings. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P127. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Cave-Brown-Caves

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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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.