A family name on East 28th Avenue, Renfrew-Collingwood, Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
The Mathesons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Matheson at two addresses in 1940, all on East 28th Avenue, 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
1382 East 28th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs M A Matheson 1940
- Helen R Matheson, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: R Munro at 1374 and Mrs M A Matheson at 1392. The block, door by door
- 2
1392 East 28th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs M A Matheson, a grocer 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Matheson at 1382. The block, door by door
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (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 Mrs M A Matheson at 1382 East 28th 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 Helen R Matheson there, a student at UBC. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M A Matheson, a grocer, at 1392 East 28th Avenue.
Today
1382 East 28th (2021) and 1392 East 28th (1975) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Matheson Mrs M A1382 East 28th, p. 243
- Matheson Helen R studt UBC1382 East 28th, p. 420
- Matheson Mrs M A gro1392 East 28th, p. 243
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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Another name, or a house
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.