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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Mathesons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Matheson at three addresses in 1940, all on West 12th Avenue, with the close spelling Mathieson. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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

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

    876 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • E G Matheson, retired 1940
    • William M Matheson, a trader 1940

    Next door in 1940: A L Blackie at 866 and Mrs C Jelly at 886. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2466 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W Matheson, a salesman at BC Towel 1940
    • Clyde D Matheson, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S McOuat at 2476. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3186 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H A Matheson, an electrician at Jarvis-Firth 1940

    Next door in 1940: G C Chappell at 3176 and C N Krangle at 3196. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: an electrician, a salesman and a trader.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Fairview. 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 E G Matheson at 876 West 12th 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 Ernest G Matheson there as the householder, retired, with William M Matheson, a trader. In 1940 the directory lists W Matheson at 2466 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Wilson Matheson there as the householder, a salesman at BC Towel, with Clyde D Matheson, a student.

In 1940 the directory lists H A Matheson at 3186 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Harry A Matheson there as the householder, an electrician at Jarvis-Firth.

Today

2466 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 3186 West 12th (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 876 West 12th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.