A family name on East 11th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Matthewses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Matthews at two addresses in 1940, all on East 11th Avenue, with the close spelling Mathews. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Matthewses at 1049 East 11th in 1940. The directories print the name on 62 other streets too, all listed on the Matthews name's own page.
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Where the Matthewses lived
- 1
703 East 11th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- G K A Matthews, a locomotive fireman at the CNR 1940
Next door in 1940: F Fitch at 707. The block, door by door
- 2
1049 East 11th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mrs H M Matthews, widow of J H 1940
- Helen M Matthews 1940
- Herbert J Matthews 1940
Next door in 1940: W Melnychuk at 1037 and P C Easton at 1057. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a locomotive fireman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2). 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 G K A Matthews at 703 East 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Gordon K A Matthews there as the householder, a locomotive fireman at the CNR. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs H M Matthews at 1049 East 11th Avenue; 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 Harriett M Matthews there as the householder, widow of J H, with Helen M Matthews and Herbert J Matthews.
Today
703 East 11th and 1049 East 11th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Matthews G K A703 East 11th, p. 202
- Matthews Gordon K A loco firmn CNR703 East 11th, p. 421
- *Matthews Mrs H M1049 East 11th, p. 202
- Matthews Harriett M wid J H1049 East 11th, p. 421
- Matthews Helen M1049 East 11th, p. 421
- Matthews Herbt J1049 East 11th, p. 421
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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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.