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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Pedersons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Pederson at six addresses in 1940 in five 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 Pedersons 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

    2876 East 22nd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • M Pederson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss G Kerr at 2872 and C B A Corder at 2884. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    534 East 29th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • O Pederson 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Bates at 512 and J E Brooks at 588. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1807 East 35th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • P M Pederson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S E Burnett at 1817. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    784 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • A Pederson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E I Johnston at 752. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3165 Wellington Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • C Pederson 1940

    Next door in 1940: V R Glover at 3157. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3982 West 33rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • N L Pederson 1940

    Next door in 1940: H C Perkins at 3972 and T G Currie at 3994. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park 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

In 1940 the directory lists M Pederson at 2876 East 22nd 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). O Pederson is listed at 534 East 29th Avenue in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists P M Pederson at 1807 East 35th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. A Pederson is listed at 784 Thurlow Street in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists C Pederson at 3165 Wellington Avenue. N L Pederson is listed at 3982 West 33rd Avenue in 1940.

Today

2876 East 22nd, 1807 East 35th, 784 Thurlow and 3982 West 33rd still have their buildings from before 1946, 784 Thurlow on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 534 East 29th (1964) and 3165 Wellington (2009) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

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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.