A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Matoffs
In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses
The directories print five people named Matoff at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Matoffs lived
- 1
- 2
543 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- W Matoff, a manufacturers agent 1940
Next door in 1940: Leather Gds Burns at 541 and L C Fraser at 545. The block, door by door
- 3
5890 Hudson Street
Oakridge, 1940
- C Matoff, a president at Polar Furs 1940
Next door in 1940: F D Brewer at 5870. The block, door by door
- 4
1535 West 14th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- W Matoff, a manufacturers agent 1940
Next door in 1940: adelaide court at 1545. The block, door by door
- 5
1591 West 16th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- M Matoff, a president at M Matoff Ltd 1940
Next door in 1940: gloucester court at 1575. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a president (2), a manufacturers agent and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (2), Downtown, Kitsilano and Oakridge. 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 A Matoff at 2025 Cornwall Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Abraham Matoff there as the householder, proprietor of Fur Sales. In 1940 the directory lists W Matoff, a manufacturers agent, at 543 Granville Street.
C Matoff is listed at 5890 Hudson 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). The 1940 name section lists Conrad Matoff there as the householder, a president at Polar Furs. W Matoff is listed at 1535 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Walter Matoff there as the householder, a manufacturers agent.
M Matoff is listed at 1591 West 16th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Michael Matoff there as the householder, a president at M Matoff Ltd.
Today
2025 Cornwall, 5890 Hudson, 1535 West 14th and 1591 West 16th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1535 West 14th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 543 Granville (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Matoff A2025 Cornwall, p. 37
- Matoff Abr prop Fur Sales2025 Cornwall, p. 420
- Matoff W mfrs agt543 Granville, p. 63
- *Matoff C5890 Hudson, p. 89
- Matoff Conrad pres Polar Furs5890 Hudson, p. 420
- Matoff W1535 West 14th, p. 216
- Matoff Walter mfrs agt 608, 543 Granville1535 West 14th, p. 420
- Matoff M1591 West 16th, p. 223
- Matoff Michl pres M Matoff Ltd1591 West 16th, p. 420
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Matoffs
Every directory, as one book
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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.