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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Matthewses

In the city directories 1940–1945 · 80 addresses on 63 streets

The directories print the Matthews name at 80 addresses on 63 streets between 1940 and 1945, in 18 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Mathews. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Matthewses lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Kitsilano7 addresses
  2. Riley Park7 addresses
  3. Downtown6 addresses
  4. Dunbar-Southlands6 addresses
  5. Strathcona6 addresses
  6. West End6 addresses
  7. Hastings-Sunrise5 addresses
  8. West Point Grey5 addresses
  9. Fairview4 addresses
  10. Kensington-Cedar Cottage4 addresses
  11. Kerrisdale4 addresses
  12. Mount Pleasant4 addresses
  13. Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
  14. Marpole3 addresses
  15. Oakridge3 addresses
  16. Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
  17. Sunset3 addresses
  18. Killarney1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Hudson StreetThree addresses in Oakridge and Marpole; three people: F W Matthews, G H Matthews and T A Matthews
    1940
  2. 2
    West 12th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Fairview; three people: J Matthews, J S Matthews and Joseph B Mathews
    1940
  3. 3
    West 47th AvenueThree addresses in Oakridge and Kerrisdale; three people: Dr G O Matthews, W J Matthews and Myrtle Mathews
    1940
  4. 4
    West 5th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; three people: D E Mathews, John E Matthews and William H Mathews
    1940
  5. 5
    Barclay StreetTwo addresses in West End; three people: Mrs J B Matthews, Helen H Matthews and William Matthews
    1940
  6. 6
    East 11th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; four people: G K A Matthews, Mrs H M Matthews, Helen M Matthews and one more
    1940
  7. 7
    East 18th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: H C Matthews and H J Mathews
    1940
  8. 8
    East 46th AvenueTwo addresses in Sunset; two people: E J Matthews and W J Matthews
    1940
  9. 9
    Keefer StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona; two people: E J Mathews and George Matthews
    1940–1945
  10. 10
    Main StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona and Riley Park; two people: W N Matthews and Tiney Matthews
    1940
  11. 11
    West 10th AvenueTwo addresses in West Point Grey; four people: A J Matthews, P J Mathews, Doug P Mathews and one more
    1940
  12. 12
    West 22nd AvenueTwo addresses in Dunbar-Southlands; three people: R H Matthews, Annie Matthews and Muriel M Matthews
    1940

51 more streets, by name: Adanac Street (1), Angus Drive (1), Arbutus Street (1), Burrard Street (1), Cardero Street (1), Collingwood Street (1), Commercial Drive (1), Earles Street (1), East 17th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 37th Avenue (1), East 39th Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Georgia Street (1), East King Edward Avenue (1), Fraser Street (1), Gore Avenue (1), Granville Street (1), Haro Street (1), Heather Street (1), Howe Street (1), Maple Street (1), Melville Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Ontario Street (1), Prince Albert Street (1), Princess Avenue (1), Prior Street (1), Slocan Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Triumph Street (1), Venables Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 45th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 70th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Georgia Street (2), West Hastings Street (1), William Street (1), Windsor Street (1), Yale Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 80 addresses, 29 still have their buildings from before 1946, 17 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 34; each street's page names them.

The book of the Matthewses

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Matthews 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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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under M. Want a name removed? Tell us.