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A family name on East 5th Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant and Hastings-Sunrise

The Pattersons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Patterson at four addresses in 1940, all on East 5th 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

    240 East 5th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Agaton Pettersson, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: E D Bunn at 234 and “Orientals” at 250. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3161 East 5th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J Peterson 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Hayes at 3153 and Mrs A K Peterson at 3167. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3166 East 5th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Peter B Peterson, an engineer 1940
    • Victoria L Peterson 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Asher at 3154 and J Marwick at 3174. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3167 East 5th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs A K Peterson, widow of J 1940
    • Angus G Peterson, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Peterson at 3161 and W McD Paul at 3189. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: an engineer and a logger. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (3) 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Agaton Pettersson at 240 East 5th Avenue, a logger. J Peterson is listed at 3161 East 5th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Johann Peterson there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Peter B Peterson at 3166 East 5th Avenue, an engineer, with Victoria L Peterson.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A K Peterson at 3167 East 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Anna K Peterson there as the householder, widow of J, with Angus G Peterson, a student.

Today

240 East 5th (1974), 3161 East 5th (1992), 3166 East 5th (1998) and 3167 East 5th (1964) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Pattersons

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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.