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A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Pattersons

In the city directories 1940 · 14 people at nine addresses

The directories print 14 people named Patterson at nine addresses in 1940, all on West Broadway, 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 1416 West Broadway 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

    365 West Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Robert G Patterson, a car repairer at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: P McKinnon at 337 and E Hayashi at 369. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    676 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • J M Paterson, retired 1940
    • Alex Paterson, a cleaner at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Dunn at 664 and C E Ballerone at 684. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1065 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • Floyd Peterson, an operator at Mayfair Butter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L M Fuller at 1055 and N Boxer at 1073. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1416 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs N Patterson 1940
    • Cliff Patterson, a salesman 1940
    • Gordon Patterson, a painter 1940
    • Ken Patterson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Bayview Garage at 1412 and Mrs E Juyn at 1424. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1465 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • R H Patterson, a waiter at the Clarence Refreshment Parlor 1940
    • Margaret Patterson, a saleswoman at Woolworths 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Hum at 1461 and Miss U Takemura at 1467. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1541 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • Ernest Patterson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sta D Postal at 1535 and Mrs L Edwards at 1595. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1602 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • Algot Peterson, a floor layer 1940

    Next door in 1940: glenwood (the) at 1616. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1915 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • D Paterson, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: F H Burleigh at 1901 and J Spanier at 1925. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    3423 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G Paterson, a shoe repairer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Murray at 3421 and Murray Bros at 3425. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for nine of the 14: a car repairer, a cleaner, a driver, a floor layer, an operator and a painter, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (6), Kitsilano (2) 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert G Patterson at 365 West Broadway, a car repairer at the BC Electric Railway. J M Paterson is listed at 676 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James M Paterson there as the householder, retired, with James Paterson, a salesman, and Alex Paterson, a cleaner at the Vancouver General Hospital. The 1940 name section lists Floyd Peterson at 1065 West Broadway, an operator at Mayfair Butter.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs N Patterson at 1416 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Nellie Patterson there as the householder, with Cliff Patterson, a salesman, Gordon Patterson, a painter, and Ken Patterson. In 1940 the directory lists R H Patterson at 1465 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Robert H Patterson there as the householder, a waiter at the Clarence Refreshment Parlor, with Margaret Patterson, a saleswoman at Woolworths.

The 1940 name section lists Ernest Patterson at 1541 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Algot Peterson at 1602 West Broadway, a floor layer. In 1940 the directory lists D Paterson at 1915 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists David Paterson there as the householder, a driver.

In 1940 the directory lists G Paterson, a shoe repairer, at 3423 West Broadway.

Today

365 West Broadway and 1915 West Broadway still have their buildings from before 1946; 1541 West Broadway (1955) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 676 West Broadway, 1065 West Broadway, 1416 West Broadway, 1465 West Broadway, 1602 West Broadway and 3423 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 19 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.