A family name on East 14th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Patons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Paton at three addresses in 1940, all on East 14th Avenue, with the close spelling Patton. 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 42 other streets too, all listed on the Paton name's own page.
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Where the Patons lived
- 1
1251 East 14th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J Patton, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Shellshear at 1241 and O F Rossum at 1271. The block, door by door
- 2
1363 East 14th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- R Patton, a helper at the Coal Harbour Shipyards 1940
Next door in 1940: A Macaulay at 1355 and T C Atherton at 1375. The block, door by door
- 3
1757 East 14th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Clif Patton, a clerk 1940
Next door in 1940: S Drummond at 1743 and W G Bremner at 1759. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a clerk, a conductor and a helper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 J Patton at 1251 East 14th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists John Patton there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists R Patton at 1363 East 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert Patton there as the householder, a fish peddler, with Robert Patton Jr, a helper at the Coal Harbour Shipyards.
The 1940 name section lists Clif Patton at 1757 East 14th Avenue, a clerk.
Today
1363 East 14th and 1757 East 14th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1251 East 14th (2004) 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.
- *Patton J1251 East 14th, p. 214
- Patton John cond BCER1251 East 14th, p. 484
- *Patton R1363 East 14th, p. 214
- Patton Robt fish pdlr1363 East 14th, p. 484
- Patton Robt Jr hlpr Coal Harbour Shipyds1363 East 14th, p. 484
- Patton Clif clk1757 East 14th, p. 484
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Patons
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 P. Want a name removed? Tell us.