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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mattes

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Matte 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 Mattes 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

    954 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Matte 1940
    • Willa Matte 1940

    Next door in 1940: W W Johnston at 936 and G Morrison at 962. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4850 Collingwood Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • D C Matte, a blacksmith 1940
    • Lawrence D Matte, a blacksmith for D C Matte 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S M Robson at 4830 and J B Milne at 4870. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    520 Davie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • D C Matte, a blacksmith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Ice Delivery Co at 500 and Welding Pacific at 536. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    843 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Honor Matte, a waitress at Metro Stores 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Towler at 837 and I Anderson at 849. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1828 William Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • F Matte, a driver 1940
    • J Frederick Matte, a leather worker at Storey & Campbell 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J McLellan at 1836. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a blacksmith (2), a driver, a leather worker and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland and West End. 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 Mrs Matte at 954 Cardero Street, with Willa Matte. D C Matte is listed at 4850 Collingwood 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 David C Matte there as the householder, a blacksmith, with Lawrence D Matte, a blacksmith for D C Matte. D C Matte, a blacksmith, is listed at 520 Davie Street in 1940.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs Honor Matte at 843 Hamilton Street, a waitress at Metro Stores. F Matte is listed at 1828 William Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists J Frederick Matte there as the householder, a leather worker at Storey & Campbell, with Frederick E Matte, a driver.

Today

954 Cardero, 4850 Collingwood and 1828 William still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 520 Davie and 843 Hamilton, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Mrs. Rose Ellen Mitchell in the snow outside a tent house at 29th Avenue and Collingwood Street
About 1915 Mrs. Rose Ellen Mitchell in the snow outside a tent house at 29th Avenue and Collingwood Street. Not at the house at 4850 Collingwood: no archive photo of the 4800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, 2009-005.447. Public domain.

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Mattes

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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.