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A family name on West 6th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview 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 6th 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: four Pattersons at 1298 West 6th 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

    156 West 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W Paterson, a foreman at Associated Dairies 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Taylor at 152 and A G Davies at 182. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1298 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • P Paterson, proprietor of Fairview Hardware and Shaughnessy Hardware 1940
    • Florence J Paterson, a bookkeeper at Fairview Hardware 1940
    • Isabella M Paterson 1940
    • Mary J Paterson, a saleswoman for J M Newcombe 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G M Sordet at 1290. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1364 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Ruby Paterson, a laundress at Peerless Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Paris at 1350 and R Scott at 1366. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1788 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • F J Peterson 1940
    • Margaret E Peterson, a helper at the CN Institute 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Hewitt at 1786 and Mrs C Bingaman at 1796. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a bookkeeper, a foreman, a helper, a laundress, a proprietor and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3) and Mount Pleasant. 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 W Paterson at 156 West 6th 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 William Paterson there as the householder, a foreman at Associated Dairies. In 1940 the directory lists P Paterson at 1298 West 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Peter Paterson there as the householder, proprietor of Fairview Hardware and Shaughnessy Hardware, with Florence J Paterson, a bookkeeper at Fairview Hardware, Isabella M Paterson, and Mary J Paterson, a saleswoman for J M Newcombe.

The 1940 name section lists Ruby Paterson at 1364 West 6th Avenue, a laundress at Peerless Laundry. F J Peterson is listed at 1788 West 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frans J Peterson there as the householder, with Margaret E Peterson, a helper at the CN Institute.

Today

The City no longer lists 156 West 6th, 1298 West 6th, 1364 West 6th and 1788 West 6th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.