A family name on Keefer Street, Strathcona and Downtown
The Pattersons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Patterson at three addresses in 1940, all on Keefer 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
- 1
296 Keefer Street
Strathcona, 1940
- George H Peterson, a jeweller 1940
- Gus Peterson, a cook 1940
Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 290. The block, door by door
- 2
833 Keefer Street
Strathcona, 1940
- M Peterson, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: J Glamar at 827 and R S Tulley at 837. The block, door by door
- 3
857 Keefer Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Mrs H Peterson, widow of G 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Zinkevich at 851 and I Ruda at 863. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a cook and a jeweller. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (3). 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 George H Peterson at 296 Keefer Street, a jeweller, with Gus Peterson, a cook. M Peterson is listed at 833 Keefer Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Morris Peterson there as the householder, retired.
Mrs H Peterson is listed at 857 Keefer Street 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 Hannah Peterson there as the householder, widow of G.
Today
833 Keefer and 857 Keefer still have their buildings from before 1946, both on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 296 Keefer, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Peterson Geo H jwlr296 Keefer, p. 491
- Peterson Gus cook296 Keefer, p. 491
- Peterson M833 Keefer, p. 94
- Peterson Morris retired833 Keefer, p. 491
- *Peterson Mrs H857 Keefer, p. 94
- Peterson Hannah wid G857 Keefer, p. 491
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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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.