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A family name on West 32nd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Pearsons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Pearson at three addresses in 1940, all on West 32nd 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

    2934 West 32nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • G Pearson, proprietor of Acme Lab 1940

    Next door in 1940: E W Fielder at 2924 and N Will at 2940. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3936 West 32nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • L W Pearson, an accountant at Ellett Copper & Brass 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A Harris at 3922 and G Plant at 3942. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3964 West 32nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A Pearson, a pilot at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: G G Bruce at 3958 and F Putland at 3974. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: an accountant, a pilot and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (3). 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 G Pearson at 2934 West 32nd 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Gerrard Pearson there as the householder, proprietor of Acme Lab, with Gerrard Pearson, proprietor of Acme Lab. In 1940 the directory lists L W Pearson at 3936 West 32nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Leslie W Pearson there as the householder, an accountant at Ellett Copper & Brass, with Leslie W Pearson, an accountant at Ellett Copper & Brass.

In 1940 the directory lists A Pearson at 3964 West 32nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert Pearson there as the householder, a pilot at the Canadian Government.

Today

2934 West 32nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1938 by the City's record; 3936 West 32nd (2011) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3964 West 32nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.