A family name on Cambie Street, Downtown
The Mathesons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Matheson at two addresses in 1940, all on Cambie Street, with the close spelling Mathieson. 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 85 other streets too, all listed on the Matheson name's own page.
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Where the Mathesons lived
- 1
691 Cambie Street
Downtown, 1940
- F C Matheson, a salesman at Swifts 1940
Next door in 1940: I Hjeldnes at 681 and G J Kappert at 693. The block, door by door
- 2
861 Cambie Street
Downtown, 1940
- John D Matheson 1940
Next door in 1940: “Rooms” at 851 and E Van Buren at 867. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2). 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 F C Matheson at 691 Cambie Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Fred C Matheson there as the householder, a salesman at Swifts. The 1940 name section lists John D Matheson at 861 Cambie Street.
Today
The City no longer lists 691 Cambie and 861 Cambie, so those buildings are 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.
- Matheson F C691 Cambie, p. 24
- Matheson Fred C slsmn Swifts691 Cambie, p. 420
- Matheson John D861 Cambie, p. 420
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Mathesons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Matheson 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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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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.