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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

The Pattersons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Patterson at seven addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street, 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

    736 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Dr S C Peterson, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Nippon Silk Co at 732 and Mayfair Style Shop at 738. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    825 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Miss F S Patterson, a dressmaker 1940

    Next door in 1940: R G Hunter at 823 and Green Parrot Coffee Shop at 827. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    915 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • William A Patterson, a salesman at Safeway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Groceteria Sun at 911 and La Belle Beauty Shop at 917. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1140 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A Peterson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Cut Rate Furn at 1138. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1161 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Hugh R Paterson, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: St Helen's Cigar Stand at 1159 and French Way Clnrs at 1167. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1176 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Robert Patterson 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Davis at 1168 and Peter Pan Cafe at 1180. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    4105 Granville Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Leva Peterson, a cook at the York House School 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a cook, a longshoreman and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (6) and Shaughnessy. 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 Dr S C Peterson, a physician, at 736 Granville Street. Miss F S Patterson, a dressmaker, is listed at 825 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William A Patterson at 915 Granville Street, a salesman at Safeway. The 1940 name section lists A Peterson at 1140 Granville Street.

The 1940 name section lists Hugh R Paterson at 1161 Granville Street, a longshoreman. The 1940 name section lists Robert Patterson at 1176 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Leva Peterson at 4105 Granville Street, a cook at the York House School.

Today

736 Granville, 825 Granville, 1161 Granville and 1176 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946, 1161 Granville on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 915 Granville, 1140 Granville and 4105 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 736 Granville: no archive photo of the 700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 7 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.