A family name on East Georgia Street, Strathcona, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Matthewses
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Matthews at one address, 2659 East Georgia Street in Hastings-Sunrise, in 1940, with the close spelling Mathews. The directories print the name on 62 other streets too, all listed on the Matthews name's own page.
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 Matthewses at home
Sunrise
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2659 East Georgia Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- W J Matthews, proprietor of Bill's Meat Market 1940
- Joan M Matthews, a clerk at Bill's Meat Market 1940
Next door in 1940: R Topham at 2653. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a clerk and a proprietor. Two of them worked for Bill's Meat Market.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Hastings-Sunrise. 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 W J Matthews at 2659 East Georgia Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William J Matthews there as the householder, proprietor of Bill's Meat Market, with Joan M Matthews, a clerk at Bill's Meat Market.
Today
2659 East Georgia (1997) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Matthews W J2659 East Georgia, p. 56
- Matthews Joan M clk Bill's Meat Mkt2659 East Georgia, p. 421
- Matthews Wm J prop Bill's Meat Mkt2659 East Georgia, 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.