A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Wimbles
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Wimble at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Wimbles lived
- 1
- 2
148 West 8th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mrs N Wimble, widow of G C 1940
- Daisy M G Wimble, a music teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: M T Perry at 144 and F A Simpson at 150. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a music teacher. Two are widows, listed under their own names.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Mount Pleasant. 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 Mrs M K Wimble at 220 Salsbury Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mary K Wimble there as the householder, a widow. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs N Wimble at 148 West 8th 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 lists Nellie Wimble there as the householder, widow of G C, with Daisy M G Wimble, a music teacher.
Today
220 Salsbury Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1908 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 148 West 8th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Wimble Mrs M K220 Salsbury Drive, p. 148
- Wimble Mary K wid —220 Salsbury Drive, p. 668
- *Wimble Mrs N148 West 8th, p. 194
- Wimble Daisy M G mus tchr148 West 8th, p. 668
- Wimble Nellie wid G C148 West 8th, p. 668
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Wimbles
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Wimble 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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.