A family name on Cartier Street, Marpole, Shaughnessy and Oakridge
The Pearsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Pearson at two addresses in 1940, all on Cartier Street, with the close spellings Parson and Person. 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 94 other streets too, all listed on the Pearson name's own page.
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Where the Pearsons lived
- 1
4176 Cartier Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- O W Pearson, a district manager at Swifts 1940
- John W Pearson, a student at UBC 1940
- 2
8757 Cartier Street
Marpole, 1940
- Frank Pearson, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M V Wilson at 8741 and J C W Trevor at 8775. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a district manager.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Marpole 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 O W Pearson at 4176 Cartier Street; 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 Oscar W Pearson there as the householder, a district manager at Swifts, with Oscar W Pearson, a district manager at Swifts, John W Pearson, a student at UBC, and John W Pearson. The 1940 name section lists Frank Pearson at 8757 Cartier Street, a student, with Frank Pearson, a student.
Today
4176 Cartier still has its building from before 1946, dated 1923 by the City's record; 8757 Cartier (1960) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Pearson O W4176 Cartier, p. 27
- Pearson John W studt UBC4176 Cartier, p. 486
- Pearson Oscar W dist mgr Swifts4176 Cartier, p. 486
- Pearson John W studt UBC4176 Cartier, p. 487
- Pearson Oscar W dist mgr Swifts4176 Cartier, p. 487
- Pearson Frank studt8757 Cartier, p. 486
- Pearson Frank studt8757 Cartier, p. 487
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Pearsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Pearson name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.