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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mathisens

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Mathisen at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Mathisens lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    5007 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • H P Mathisen, a laborer at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Carl W Mathisen 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Smith at 5021. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1756 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Martin M Mathisen, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Galpin at 1746 and B E Stilwell at 1766. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2086 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Hjalmer Mathiesen 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Welsh at 2078 and P M Hansen at 2088. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a laborer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano and Riley Park. 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 H P Mathisen at 5007 Quebec Street; 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 H Peter Mathisen there as the householder, a laborer at the City of Vancouver, with Carl W Mathisen. The 1940 name section lists Martin M Mathisen at 1756 West 10th Avenue, a student. The 1940 name section lists Hjalmer Mathiesen at 2086 West 5th Avenue as the householder.

Today

2086 West 5th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 5007 Quebec and 1756 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

A girl at the dirt crossing of 10th Avenue and Quebec Street, looking east along 10th
1900 A girl at the dirt crossing of 10th Avenue and Quebec Street, looking east along 10th. Not at the house at 5007 Quebec: no archive photo of the 5000 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P273. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Mathisens

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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.