A family name on West 22nd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands and Arbutus Ridge
The Matthewses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Matthews at two addresses in 1940, all on West 22nd 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 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
3560 West 22nd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- R H Matthews, a branch manager at White Lunch 1940
- Muriel M Matthews, a cashier at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
Next door in 1940: E Jones at 3554 and R J Gaetz at 3570. The block, door by door
- 2
3860 West 22nd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Annie Matthews, widow of J 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A Wolfenden at 3848 and T W Guns at 3870. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a branch manager and a cashier. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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 R H Matthews at 3560 West 22nd 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert H Matthews there as the householder, a branch manager at White Lunch, with Muriel M Matthews, a cashier at the Hudson's Bay Company. The 1940 name section lists Annie Matthews at 3860 West 22nd Avenue, widow of J.
Today
3560 West 22nd and 3860 West 22nd still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Matthews R H3560 West 22nd, p. 235
- Matthews Muriel M cash HBC3560 West 22nd, p. 421
- Matthews Robt H br mgr White Lunch3560 West 22nd, p. 421
- Matthews Annie wid J3860 West 22nd, 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.