A family name on East 56th Avenue, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview
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 56th 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
735 East 56th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- B J Matheson, a dockman at Canadian White Pine 1940
- Ian B Matheson, who worked for Canadian White Pine 1940
Next door in 1940: T J Jones at 715 and A McF Cunningham at 741. The block, door by door
- 2
1975 East 56th Avenue
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- W C Matheson, an engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: W Hayes at 1933. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a dockman and an engineer. Two of them worked for Canadian White Pine.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 B J Matheson at 735 East 56th 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 Benjamin J Matheson there as the householder, a dockman at Canadian White Pine, with Ian B Matheson, who worked for Canadian White Pine. In 1940 the directory lists W C Matheson at 1975 East 56th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William C Matheson there as the householder, an engineer.
Today
735 East 56th (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1975 East 56th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Matheson B J735 East 56th, p. 268
- Matheson Benj J dockmn Can White Pine735 East 56th, p. 419
- Matheson Ian B steneiller Can White Pine735 East 56th, p. 420
- *Matheson W C1975 East 56th, p. 268
- Matheson Wm C eng1975 East 56th, 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.