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The Pedersens

In the city directories 1940 · 14 people at 14 addresses

The directories print 14 people named Pedersen at 14 addresses in 1940 in eleven of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Pedersens lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    4387 Angus Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Alberta E Pedersen, a maid for A Carter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M B Uglow at 4361. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1180 Denman Street

    West End, 1940

    • E F Pedersen 1940

    Next door in 1940: Variety Bay-View at 1178 and Bay-View Dairy at 1182. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    240 East 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A A Pedersen, a machinist at Boyles Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: Timms A H Ltd at 234 and Mrs E J W Johnston at 244. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    423 East 19th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • E D Pedersen 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Pound at 409 and N McInnis at 433. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2029 East 3rd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • I L Pedersen 1940

    Next door in 1940: R McPhaden at 2023 and L A Nyman at 2037. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    55 Garden Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • O Pedersen 1940
  7. 7

    5958 Lancaster Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • Mrs A Pedersen, widow of I 1940

    Next door in 1940: R More at 5934. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1663 Venables Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H Pedersen, in coal and wood 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Neighbour at 1659 and P Franke at 1675. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1683 Venables Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H Pedersen 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Franke at 1675 and Flowercraft Supply Co at 1685. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    2787 Venables Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • H K Pedersen 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Brown at 2733. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    5492 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • E B Pedersen, a watch maker and engraver 1940
  12. 12

    3247 West 30th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A M Pedersen, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Brown at 3239 and E R Fawcett at 3255. The block, door by door

  13. 13

    2307 West 41st Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • I H Pedersen 1940

    Next door in 1940: A N Daykin at 2305 and J L Christie at 2319. The block, door by door

  14. 14

    3615 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J K M S Pedersen 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Dunbar at 3605 and S McEwan at 3625. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the 14: a carpenter, a machinist, a maid and a watch maker and engraver. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (4), Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands, Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Killarney, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park, Shaughnessy and West End. 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 Alberta E Pedersen at 4387 Angus Drive, a maid for A Carter, with Alberta E Pedersen, a maid for A Carter. E F Pedersen is listed at 1180 Denman Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists A A Pedersen at 240 East 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Adolf A Pedersen there as the householder, a machinist at Boyles Bros, with Adolf A Pedersen, a machinist at Boyles Bros.

In 1940 the directory lists E D Pedersen at 423 East 19th Avenue. I L Pedersen is listed at 2029 East 3rd Avenue in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists O Pedersen at 55 Garden Drive; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark).

Mrs A Pedersen is listed at 5958 Lancaster Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Agda Pedersen there as the householder, widow of I, with Agda Pedersen, widow of I. H Pedersen, in coal and wood, is listed at 1663 Venables Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists H Pedersen at 1683 Venables Street.

H K Pedersen is listed at 2787 Venables Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. In 1940 the directory lists E B Pedersen, a watchmaker, at 5492 Victoria Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edwin B Pedersen there, a watch maker and engraver, with Edwin B Pedersen, a watch maker and engraver.

In 1940 the directory lists A M Pedersen at 3247 West 30th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Aage M Pedersen there as the householder, a carpenter, with Aage M Pedersen, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists I H Pedersen at 2307 West 41st Avenue. J K M S Pedersen is listed at 3615 West 8th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too.

Today

4387 Angus Drive, 423 East 19th, 2029 East 3rd, 3247 West 30th and 3615 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946; 5958 Lancaster (1966), 1663 Venables (1964) and 2787 Venables (1978) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1180 Denman, 240 East 14th, 55 Garden Drive, 1683 Venables, 5492 Victoria Drive and 2307 West 41st, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 23 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.