A family name on Dundas Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland
The Pattersons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Patterson at two addresses in 1940, all on Dundas 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
2449 Dundas Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Mrs I W Peterson, widow of C A 1940
Next door in 1940: F Vesak at 2437 and F W G Sergant at 2457. The block, door by door
- 2
2693 Dundas Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- M J Peterson, a laborer at Shell Oil 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs T Korenaga at 2685 and K C Franklin at 2697. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a laborer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (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 Mrs I W Peterson at 2449 Dundas 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 Ida W Peterson there as the householder, widow of C A. In 1940 the directory lists M J Peterson at 2693 Dundas Street. The 1940 name section lists Martin J Peterson there as the householder, a laborer at Shell Oil.
Today
2449 Dundas and 2693 Dundas still have their buildings from before 1946, 2449 Dundas on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Peterson Mrs I W2449 Dundas, p. 45
- Peterson Ida W wid C A2449 Dundas, p. 491
- Peterson M J2693 Dundas, p. 46
- Peterson Martin J lab Shell Oil2693 Dundas, p. 491
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.