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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Pattersons

In the city directories 1940 · 291 addresses on 161 streets

The directories print the Patterson name at 291 addresses on 161 streets in 1940, in 21 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings Peterson, Paterson and Petterson. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Pattersons lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Downtown41 addresses
  2. Fairview24 addresses
  3. Kitsilano24 addresses
  4. West End24 addresses
  5. Grandview-Woodland22 addresses
  6. Mount Pleasant20 addresses
  7. Hastings-Sunrise18 addresses
  8. Kensington-Cedar Cottage16 addresses
  9. Strathcona14 addresses
  10. Riley Park13 addresses
  11. Kerrisdale11 addresses
  12. Dunbar-Southlands10 addresses
  13. Marpole10 addresses
  14. Sunset9 addresses
  15. South Cambie8 addresses
  16. Shaughnessy7 addresses
  17. Renfrew-Collingwood6 addresses
  18. West Point Grey6 addresses
  19. Arbutus Ridge4 addresses
  20. Victoria-Fraserview3 addresses
  21. Killarney1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    West BroadwayNine addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and Kitsilano; 14 people: J M Paterson, D Paterson, Mrs N Patterson and eleven more
    1940
  2. 2
    Granville StreetSeven addresses in Downtown and Shaughnessy; seven people: A Peterson, Dr S C Peterson, Hugh R Paterson and four more
    1940
  3. 3
    Robson StreetSix addresses in Downtown and West End; six people: N Peterson, Edward Peterson, F B Patterson and three more
    1940
  4. 4
    West Cordova StreetSix addresses in Downtown; six people: A Peterson, Mrs A F Peterson, Henry Peterson and three more
    1940
  5. 5
    Oak StreetFive addresses in Fairview and Marpole; eight people: C H Peterson, D Paterson, Mrs K Patterson and five more
    1940
  6. 6
    West 14th AvenueFive addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; seven people: E L Paterson, F Paterson, J W Patterson and four more
    1940
  7. 7
    West 5th AvenueFive addresses in Kitsilano; eight people: H D Paterson, A Paterson, J E Patterson and five more
    1940
  8. 8
    Adanac StreetFour addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; four people: A P Peterson, A Peterson, F Peterson and one more
    1940
  9. 9
    Burrard StreetFour addresses in West End and Downtown; four people: D Paterson, Mrs L Paterson, George Patterson and one more
    1940
  10. 10
    Charles StreetFour addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; five people: A S Paterson, F B Peterson, T C Patterson and two more
    1940
  11. 11
    East 16th AvenueFour addresses in Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood; five people: G B W Peterson, H B Patterson, R E Peterson and two more
    1940
  12. 12
    East 5th AvenueFour addresses in Mount Pleasant and Hastings-Sunrise; six people: J Peterson, Mrs A K Peterson, Agaton Pettersson and three more
    1940

149 more streets, by name: Alexander Street (1), Angus Drive (2), Balsam Street (2), Beatrice Street (1), Beatty Street (1), Blenheim Street (1), Bruce Street (1), Bute Street (1), Cambie Street (1), Cambridge Street (1), Cardero Street (1), Carrall Street (1), Cassiar Street (2), Clark Drive (1), Collingwood Street (1), Columbia Street (2), Commercial Street (1), Comox Street (1), Cornwall Avenue (1), Cypress Street (1), Davie Street (2), Denman Street (1), Dunbar Street (1), Dundas Street (2), Dunsmuir Street (1), Earles Street (1), East 10th Avenue (2), East 11th Avenue (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (2), East 18th Avenue (1), East 19th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 20th Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (2), East 2nd Avenue (3), East 36th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 40th Avenue (1), East 42nd Avenue (1), East 43rd Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 48th Avenue (1), East 49th Avenue (2), East 4th Avenue (1), East 50th Avenue (1), East 51st Avenue (1), East 54th Avenue (1), East 55th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (2), East 7th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Broadway (3), East Georgia Street (3), East Hastings Street (4), East King Edward Avenue (2), Eton Street (1), Findlay Street (1), Fir Street (1), Franklin Street (1), Fraser Street (1), Grant Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Hamilton Street (2), Haro Street (4), Harwood Street (3), Hawks Avenue (1), Heather Street (2), Highbury Street (1), Homer Street (1), Howe Street (2), Hudson Street (1), Keefer Street (3), Kerr Street (1), Kingsway (2), Kitchener Street (1), Kootenay Street (1), Laburnum Street (1), Langara Avenue (1), Mackenzie Street (1), Main Street (4), Manitoba Street (1), Marguerite Street (1), McLean Drive (1), Melville Street (1), Nelson Street (3), North Templeton Drive (1), Ormidale Street (1), Osler Street (2), Pacific Street (1), Pandora Street (1), Pendrell Street (2), Point Grey Road (1), Powell Street (1), Price Street (1), Quebec Street (1), Semlin Drive (1), Seymour Street (2), Shaughnessy Street (1), Sophia Street (2), Spencer Street (1), Thurlow Street (2), Triumph Street (1), Union Street (2), Venables Street (2), Victoria Drive (3), Vine Street (3), Wall Street (1), Water Street (3), West 10th Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (3), West 12th Avenue (3), West 13th Avenue (4), West 16th Avenue (2), West 17th Avenue (2), West 18th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (3), West 21st Avenue (3), West 23rd Avenue (2), West 24th Avenue (2), West 28th Avenue (2), West 29th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (2), West 34th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 40th Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (2), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 45th Avenue (1), West 47th Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (1), West 59th Avenue (2), West 64th Avenue (2), West 6th Avenue (4), West 70th Avenue (1), West 72nd Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (2), West 8th Avenue (2), West Hastings Street (1), West Pender Street (4), William Street (1), Windsor Street (1), Woodland Drive (1), Yew Street (2).

Today

By the City's record, of the 291 addresses, 112 still have their buildings from before 1946, 56 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 123; each street's page names them.

The book of the Pattersons

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under P. Want a name removed? Tell us.