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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Pattinsons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Pattinson at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Pattinsons 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

    1191 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W Pattinson, rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: T G Davies at 1187 and J Jones at 1193. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1042 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Patinson (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Colak at 1036 and Mrs E E Watkins at 1046. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    305 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • T A Pattinson, in fish and poultry 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H J Smardon at 315. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    95 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • T A Pattinson, in fish 1940

    Next door in 1940: Union Shoe Co Ltd at 63. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a fish and poultry.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Mount Pleasant and West End. 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 Pattinson, rooms to let, at 1191 Burrard Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Patinson (no first name printed) at 1042 Haro Street. In 1940 the directory lists T A Pattinson at 305 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Thomas A Pattinson there as the householder, in fish and poultry.

In 1940 the directory lists T A Pattinson, in fish, at 95 West Hastings Street.

Today

305 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1191 Burrard, 1042 Haro and 95 West Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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.