A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Matsells
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Matsell at one address, 521 West Broadway in Fairview, in 1940.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Matsells at home
- 1
521 West Broadway
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs Matsell 1940
- Mrs Matsell 1940
Next door in 1940: W Auer at 519 and Rosemary Cafe at 523. The block, door by door
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in 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 Mrs Matsell at 521 West Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Matsell there as the householder.
Today
The City no longer lists 521 West Broadway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Matsell Mrs521 West Broadway, p. 17
- Matsell Mrs521 West Broadway, p. 420
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Matsells
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Matsell name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.