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A family name on East 16th Avenue, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Pattersons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Patterson at four addresses in 1940, all on East 16th Avenue, with the close spellings Peterson, Paterson and Petterson. 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 160 other streets too, all listed on the Patterson name's own page.

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Where the Pattersons 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

    373 East 16th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • H B Patterson, a mechanic at Shurly Dietrich Atkins 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F M Stigant at 371. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    930 East 16th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • R E Peterson, a manager at Peterson & Cowan 1940
    • Doris E Peterson, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss D L Stuart at 906 and E Barker at 956. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1849 East 16th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G B W Peterson, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Burke at 1843 and W J Clark at 1851. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2954 East 16th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W C Patterson, a sheet metal worker 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Hoare at 2946 and W Thomson at 2974. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a logger, a manager, a mechanic, a sheet metal worker and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Renfrew-Collingwood and Riley Park. 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 H B Patterson at 373 East 16th 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 Harold B Patterson there as the householder, a mechanic at Shurly Dietrich Atkins. In 1940 the directory lists R E Peterson at 930 East 16th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert E Peterson there as the householder, a manager at Peterson & Cowan, with Doris E Peterson, a stenographer.

In 1940 the directory lists G B W Peterson at 1849 East 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George B W Peterson there as the householder, a logger. In 1940 the directory lists W C Patterson at 2954 East 16th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Wilmer C Patterson there as the householder, a sheet metal worker.

Today

373 East 16th and 930 East 16th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1849 East 16th and 2954 East 16th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.