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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mattinsons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Mattinson at five addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Mattinsons lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2675 East 7th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W H Mattinson, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Miller at 2671 and L R Bowe at 2681. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3925 Knight Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A F Mattinson, a waiter at the CPR 1940
    • J C Mattinson, a messenger at Burns & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A Cheverton at 3923 and N R Harvey at 3927. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1001 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Harry Mattinson, a deckhand at Marpole Towing 1940

    Next door in 1940: Third & Dundas at 1019. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4497 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F Mattinson, an inspector at J Chew Shingle 1940
    • Marion M Mattinson, a stenographer at Shafer-Haggart 1940

    Next door in 1940: W L Rathie at 4487. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2542 Woodland Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F F Mattinson, a core maker at Easthope Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: A I Ross at 2536 and C. W Doan at 2548. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all seven: a carpenter, a core maker, a deckhand, an inspector, a messenger and a stenographer, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (3), Hastings-Sunrise and Strathcona. 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 H Mattinson at 2675 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William H Mattinson there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists A F Mattinson at 3925 Knight Street. The 1940 name section lists Alex F Mattinson there as the householder, a waiter at the CPR, with J C Mattinson, a messenger at Burns & Co.

The 1940 name section lists Harry Mattinson at 1001 Main Street, a deckhand at Marpole Towing. F Mattinson is listed at 4497 Victoria Drive in 1940; 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 Frederick Mattinson there as the householder, an inspector at J Chew Shingle, with Fredia V Mattinson, a stenographer, and Marion M Mattinson, a stenographer at Shafer-Haggart.

F F Mattinson is listed at 2542 Woodland Drive in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Fred F Mattinson there as the householder, a core maker at Easthope Bros.

Today

3925 Knight and 2542 Woodland Drive still have their buildings from before 1946; 2675 East 7th (1993), 1001 Main (2004) and 4497 Victoria Drive (2013) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 12 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.