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A family name on West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Pearsons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Pearson at four addresses in 1940, all on West 15th Avenue, with the close spellings Parson and Person. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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

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

    1305 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J J Pearson, a salesman at Canada Packers 1940

    Next door in 1940: granchester court at 1315. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2225 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W W Pearson, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Plunkett at 2215 and S Hunter at 2233. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2619 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G F Pearson, proprietor of Elite Shoe Repairing Shop 1940
    • Norman F Pearson, an apprentice at Elite Shoe Repairing Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wright C T at 2625. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2639 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G F Pearson, a mechanic at Bowell McDonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: M P Nicol at 2643. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an apprentice, a mechanic, a proprietor and a salesman. Two of them worked for Elite Shoe Repairing Shop.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3) and Fairview. 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 J J Pearson at 1305 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John J Pearson there as the householder, a salesman at Canada Packers, with John J Pearson, a salesman at Canada Packers. In 1940 the directory lists W W Pearson at 2225 West 15th Avenue; 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 Walter W Pearson there as the householder, retired, with Walter W Pearson, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists G F Pearson at 2619 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George F Pearson there as the householder, proprietor of Elite Shoe Repairing Shop, with George F Pearson, proprietor of Elite Shoe Repairing Shop, Norman F Pearson, an apprentice at Elite Shoe Repairing Shop, and Norman F Pearson, an apprentice at Elite Shoe Repairing Shop. In 1940 the directory lists G F Pearson at 2639 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists G Frederick Pearson there as the householder, a mechanic at Bowell McDonald, with G Frederick Pearson, a mechanic at Bowell McDonald.

Today

1305 West 15th and 2619 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2639 West 15th (1994) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2225 West 15th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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.