A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
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 West 13th Avenue, 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
1806 West 13th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Jack Pearson, a meat cutter at British Meat Packers 1940
Next door in 1940: J M Warwick at 1804 and I Lipovsky at 1816. The block, door by door
- 2
4261 West 13th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Alice V Pearson, widow of E 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Legh at 4253 and H R Wright at 4269. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a meat cutter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 Jack Pearson at 1806 West 13th Avenue, a meat cutter at British Meat Packers, with Jack Pearson, a meat cutter at British Meat Packers. The 1940 name section lists Alice V Pearson at 4261 West 13th Avenue, widow of E.
Today
4261 West 13th (2017) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1806 West 13th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Pearson Jack meat ctr British Meat Pkrs1806 West 13th, p. 486
- Pearson Jack meat ctr British Meat Pkrs1806 West 13th, p. 487
- Pearson Alice V wid E card writer HBC4261 West 13th, p. 485
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.