A family name on West 47th Avenue, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Dunbar-Southlands
The Matthewses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Matthews at three addresses in 1940, all on West 47th Avenue, with the close spelling Mathews. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
1368 West 47th Avenue
Oakridge, 1940
- Dr G O Matthews, a physician 1940
Next door in 1940: H K Hall at 1356 and L L Sherman at 1380. The block, door by door
- 2
1431 West 47th Avenue
Oakridge, 1940
- W J Matthews, a cannery manager at Anglo BC Packing 1940
Next door in 1940: E J Hill at 1419 and R M Foster at 1443. The block, door by door
- 3
2426 West 47th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Myrtle Mathews, a maid for C J Death 1940
Next door in 1940: A T D Wood at 2410. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a cannery manager, a maid and a physician.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Oakridge (2) and Kerrisdale. 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 Dr G O Matthews at 1368 West 47th 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 Gordon O Matthews there as the householder, a physician. In 1940 the directory lists W J Matthews at 1431 West 47th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William J Matthews there as the householder, a cannery manager at Anglo BC Packing.
The 1940 name section lists Myrtle Mathews at 2426 West 47th Avenue, a maid for C J Death.
Today
1368 West 47th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1936 by the City's record; 1431 West 47th (1997) and 2426 West 47th (1995) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Matthews Dr G O1368 West 47th, p. 263
- Matthews Gordon O phys 626, 925 W Georgia1368 West 47th, p. 421
- *Matthews W J1431 West 47th, p. 263
- Matthews Wm J cannery mgr Anglo BC Pkg1431 West 47th, p. 421
- Mathews Myrtle maid C J Death2426 West 47th, p. 420
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.