A family name on West 19th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Pattersons
In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses
The directories print six people named Patterson at three addresses in 1940, all on West 19th 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: three Pattersons at 3414 West 19th 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
242 West 19th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- Marjorie Paterson, a stenographer at the Workmen's Compensation Board 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs H E Boucher at 228 and A R Hambrook at 252. The block, door by door
- 2
679 West 19th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- Miss V Paterson 1940
- Viola Patterson, a stenographer at Pacs Meat 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs C M Trotter at 677 and G D Mitchell at 681. The block, door by door
- 3
3414 West 19th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- W W Paterson, a salesman at Woodward's 1940
- Cecil W Paterson, a clerk at the Pacific Great Eastern Railway 1940
- Jean Paterson 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs L R Goffin at 3422. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a stenographer (2), a clerk and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park and South Cambie. 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 Marjorie Paterson at 242 West 19th Avenue, a stenographer at the Workmen's Compensation Board. Miss V Paterson is listed at 679 West 19th 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 Viola Patterson there as the householder, a stenographer at Pacs Meat.
W W Paterson is listed at 3414 West 19th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William W Paterson there as the householder, a salesman at Woodward's, with Cecil W Paterson, a clerk at the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, and Jean Paterson.
Today
242 West 19th, 679 West 19th and 3414 West 19th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Paterson Marjorie sten Workmen's Comp Bd242 West 19th, p. 482
- *Paterson Miss V679 West 19th, p. 229
- Patterson Viola sten Pacs Meat679 West 19th, p. 483
- *Paterson W W3414 West 19th, p. 229
- Paterson Cecil W clk PGER3414 West 19th, p. 482
- Paterson Jean3414 West 19th, p. 482
- Paterson Wm W slsmn Woodwards3414 West 19th, p. 482
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.