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A family name on West 21st Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge

The Pattersons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Patterson at three addresses in 1940, all on West 21st 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 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

    596 West 21st Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • A H Peterson 1940
    • Margaret H Peterson, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: N K Kennedy at 592 and J M Lewis at 598. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3835 West 21st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W Patterson 1940
    • Rosana Patterson 1940

    Next door in 1940: R B Morrison at 3829 and C B Price at 3839. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3873 West 21st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • F H Peterson, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: S T Hopper at 3863 and C J Green at 3883. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a carpenter and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) 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

In 1940 the directory lists A H Peterson at 596 West 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Andrew H Peterson there as the householder, with Margaret H Peterson, a stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists W Patterson at 3835 West 21st Avenue; 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 William Patterson there as the householder, with Rosana Patterson.

In 1940 the directory lists F H Peterson at 3873 West 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frederick H Peterson there as the householder, a carpenter.

Today

3873 West 21st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 596 West 21st (2013) and 3835 West 21st (1994) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.