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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mathewsons

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Mathewson at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Matthewson. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Mathewsons at 1355 West 26th in 1940.

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Where the Mathewsons 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

    2220 East 38th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J W Matthewson 1940
    • Charles B Matthewson, a strander at British Ropes 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Tait at 2218 and F J Skinner at 2236. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1707 East 4th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Miss J Mathewson 1940
    • Jessie I Mathewson, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: W M Gebbie at 1727. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3859 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Evelyn Matthewson, a maid for J S Cooke 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Findlay at 3851 and E O Gustavson at 3869. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1355 West 26th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • W H Mathewson, retired 1940
    • Mary Mathewson, a stenographer at Sun Life 1940
    • Peter S Mathewson 1940

    Next door in 1940: G S Kellaway at 1335 and H R Henderson at 1365. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a maid, a saleswoman, a stenographer and a strander.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Shaughnessy. 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 J W Matthewson at 2220 East 38th 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 John W Matthewson there as the householder, with Charles B Matthewson, a strander at British Ropes. In 1940 the directory lists Miss J Mathewson at 1707 East 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Jessie I Mathewson there as the householder, a saleswoman at Woodward's.

The 1940 name section lists Evelyn Matthewson at 3859 West 23rd Avenue, a maid for J S Cooke. W H Mathewson is listed at 1355 West 26th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Walter H Mathewson there as the householder, retired, with Mary Mathewson, a stenographer at Sun Life, and Peter S Mathewson.

Today

1707 East 4th and 1355 West 26th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1707 East 4th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2220 East 38th (1995) and 3859 West 23rd (2011) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 10 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.