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A family name on West 28th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Pattersons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses

The directories print three people named Patterson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 28th 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1541 West 28th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Miss E L Paterson 1940
    • Edith L Paterson, of Read & Paterson 1940

    Next door in 1940: H N Macpherson at 1525 and Mrs L Edwards at 1557. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3172 West 28th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • M C Patterson, an upholsterer at Exclusive Interiors 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Venus at 3160 and C F Alltree at 3182. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: an upholsterer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Shaughnessy. 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 Miss E L Paterson at 1541 West 28th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Edith L Paterson there as the householder, of Read & Paterson. In 1940 the directory lists M C Patterson at 3172 West 28th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Murdoch C Patterson there as the householder, an upholsterer at Exclusive Interiors.

Today

1541 West 28th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record; 3172 West 28th (2009) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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.