A family name on Balsam Street, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano and Arbutus Ridge
The Pattersons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Patterson at two addresses in 1940, all on Balsam Street, with the close spellings Peterson, Paterson and Petterson. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 160 other streets too, all listed on the Patterson name's own page.
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Where the Pattersons lived
- 1
5787 Balsam Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- W J M Patterson 1940
- M Lillian Patterson, a stenographer at White & McFarlane 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M D McConnell at 5775. The block, door by door
- 2
6559 Balsam Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- A Paterson, a seaman 1940
Next door in 1940: A H McCallum at 6549 and M A R Howard at 6569. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a seaman and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2). 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 W J M Patterson at 5787 Balsam Street; 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 M Lillian Patterson there, a stenographer at White & McFarlane. In 1940 the directory lists A Paterson at 6559 Balsam Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Angus Paterson there as the householder, a president at F Goertz Ltd, with Angus J Paterson, a seaman.
Today
6559 Balsam still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5787 Balsam, 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.
- *Patterson W J M5787 Balsam, p. 8
- Patterson M Lillian sten White & McFarlane5787 Balsam, p. 483
- *Paterson A6559 Balsam, p. 8
- Paterson Angus pres F Goertz Ltd6559 Balsam, p. 482
- Paterson Angus J seamn6559 Balsam, p. 482
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Pattersons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Patterson 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 P. Want a name removed? Tell us.