J. S. Matthews

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title: J. S. Matthews
text: Major James Skitt Matthews was the City of Vancouver's first archivist and an early historian and chronicler of the city. Major Matthews also refers to a building named in his honour in Vanier Park, Vancouver, British Columbia. Born in Wales, Matthews lived for a time in New Zealand before settling in Vancouver in 1898. He was an officer with the Duke of Connaught’s Own Rifles Sixth Regiment, a Freemason, and was named Kitsilano "Citizen of the Year" in 1959.
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