A family name on McKinnon Street, Killarney and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Pearsons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Pearson at two addresses in 1940, all on McKinnon 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
5724 McKinnon Street
Killarney, 1940
- Mrs A Pearson, widow of P B 1940
Next door in 1940: A R Cummings at 5710 and G C Smith at 5728. The block, door by door
- 2
5729 McKinnon Street
Killarney, 1940
- F Pearson, a salesman at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: M L Pollock at 5723. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Killarney (2). 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 Mrs A Pearson at 5724 McKinnon Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Annie Pearson there as the householder, widow of P B. In 1940 the directory lists F Pearson at 5729 McKinnon 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 lists Frank Pearson there as the householder, a salesman at Spencer's, with Frank Pearson, a salesman at Spencer's.
Today
5724 McKinnon (1986) and 5729 McKinnon (1993) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Pearson Mrs A5724 McKinnon, p. 106
- Pearson Annie wid P B5724 McKinnon, p. 485
- *Pearson F5729 McKinnon, p. 106
- Pearson Frank slsmn Spencers5729 McKinnon, p. 486
- Pearson Frank slsmn Spencers5729 McKinnon, 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.