A family name on West 17th Avenue, South Cambie, Riley Park, Shaughnessy, Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands
The Pattersons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Patterson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 17th Avenue, 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 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
862 West 17th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- Mrs Bernice H Patterson 1940
Next door in 1940: M J Howlett at 852 and R R Duncan at 866. The block, door by door
- 2
979 West 17th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- Mrs Winifred Patterson, a housekeeper 1940
Next door in 1940: J McMurtrie at 973 and A M Forbes at 983. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a housekeeper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in South Cambie (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 Mrs Bernice H Patterson at 862 West 17th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Winifred Patterson at 979 West 17th Avenue, a housekeeper.
Today
979 West 17th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 862 West 17th (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Patterson Mrs Bernice H862 West 17th, p. 483
- Patterson Mrs Winifred hsekpr J F de Macedo979 West 17th, p. 483
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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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.