A family name on Kingsway, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Pattersons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Patterson at two addresses in 1940, all on Kingsway, 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 most under one roof: three Pattersons at 648 Kingsway in 1940. 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
648 Kingsway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- W Patterson, a confectioner 1940
- A Bernice Patterson, a domestic 1940
- Gwendoline L Patterson, a saleswoman 1940
Next door in 1940: J McCaughan at 646 and saint block at 650. The block, door by door
- 2
945 Kingsway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Ina C Paterson, a housekeeper for A W McRitchie 1940
Next door in 1940: Kway Auto Wrecking at 937 and Mulletts at 955. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a confectioner, a domestic, a housekeeper and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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
In 1940 the directory lists W Patterson, a confectioner, at 648 Kingsway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William Patterson there, a confectioner, with A Bernice Patterson, a domestic, and Gwendoline L Patterson, a saleswoman. The 1940 name section lists Ina C Paterson at 945 Kingsway, a housekeeper for A W McRitchie.
Today
648 Kingsway still has its building from before 1946, dated 1914 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 945 Kingsway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Patterson W confr648 Kingsway, p. 97
- Patterson A Bernice dom648 Kingsway, p. 483
- Patterson Gwendoline L slswm648 Kingsway, p. 483
- Patterson Wm confr648 Kingsway, p. 483
- Paterson Ina C hsekpr A W McRitchie945 Kingsway, p. 482
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.