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A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Pattersons

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Patterson at four addresses in 1940, all on West 13th 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 most under one roof: five Pattersons at 4056 West 13th 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

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

    2712 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mary S Patterson, widow of D 1940

    Next door in 1940: E A Caverly at 2704 and C W Hadaway at 2718. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3242 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G T Peterson, of Johnson & Peterson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Bamforth at 3236 and R Douglas at 3258. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4056 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs R L Paterson, widow of E I 1940
    • A Leitch Paterson, an engineer at Timber Preservers 1940
    • Christine L Paterson, a stenographer 1940
    • Doug A Paterson, an accountant at the Bank of Toronto 1940
    • M Bruce Paterson, a seaman 1940

    Next door in 1940: P J Gibson at 4050 and G J St James at 4066. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4477 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Herbert A Patterson, a mining broker 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Rutherford at 4473 and B Maxfield at 4487. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: an accountant, an engineer, a mining broker, a seaman and a stenographer. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and West Point Grey (2). 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 Mary S Patterson at 2712 West 13th Avenue, widow of D. G T Peterson is listed at 3242 West 13th 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 Gunnar T Peterson there as the householder, of Johnson & Peterson.

Mrs R L Paterson is listed at 4056 West 13th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Rhoda L Paterson there as the householder, widow of E I, with A Leitch Paterson, an engineer at Timber Preservers, Christine L Paterson, a stenographer, Doug A Paterson, an accountant at the Bank of Toronto, and M Bruce Paterson, a seaman. The 1940 name section lists Herbert A Patterson at 4477 West 13th Avenue, a mining broker.

Today

2712 West 13th, 3242 West 13th and 4056 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; 4477 West 13th (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 10 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

Every directory, as one book

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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.