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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Shindels

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Shindel at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Shindell. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Shindels at 371 East 55th in 1940.

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Where the Shindels lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2890 East 44th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • A Shindel, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Paling at 2882. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    371 East 55th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J Shindel, retired 1940
    • Alfred Shindel, a fireman at Homalko Log 1940
    • Edward Shindel, a laborer at Canadian White Pine 1940
    • Edwin Shindel, a patcher at BC Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Lewis at 365 and A H Bennett at 379. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2065 East 8th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A Shindell, a millwright at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: J P Walsh at 2057 and H G Coombs at 2073. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    492 West 52nd Avenue

    Oakridge, 1940

    • J F Shindell 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Streifel at 482 and M A Jantz at 496. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a laborer (2), a fireman, a millwright and a patcher. Two of them worked for Canadian White Pine.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Killarney, Oakridge and Sunset. 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 A Shindel at 2890 East 44th 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 Anton Shindel there as the householder, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists J Shindel at 371 East 55th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Jacob Shindel there as the householder, retired, with Alfred Shindel, a fireman at Homalko Log, Edward Shindel, a laborer at Canadian White Pine, and Edwin Shindel, a patcher at BC Plywoods.

In 1940 the directory lists A Shindell at 2065 East 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Shindell there as the householder, a millwright at Canadian White Pine. In 1940 the directory lists J F Shindell at 492 West 52nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too.

Today

371 East 55th (1998) and 2065 East 8th (2010) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2890 East 44th and 492 West 52nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Shindels

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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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.