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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Matildas

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Matilda at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Matildas 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

    1515 East 15th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • George Matilda, a shingler 1940

    Next door in 1940: D B Campbell at 1509 and Mrs B Chambers at 1521. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3379 Pandora Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R J Matilda, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs P Pedder at 3375. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3015 Wall Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • D Matilda 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Kron at 3005. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an engineer and a shingler.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Matilda at 1515 East 15th Avenue, a shingler. R J Matilda is listed at 3379 Pandora Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert J Matilda there as the householder, an engineer. D Matilda is listed at 3015 Wall Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark).

Today

The City no longer lists 1515 East 15th, 3379 Pandora and 3015 Wall, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Matildas

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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.