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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Winches

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Winch at six addresses in 1940 in five 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 Winches 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

    1255 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • R V Winch, a president at Queen Charlotte Fisheries 1940
    • Don E Winch 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Smulders at 1205 and Mrs G Mackay at 1275. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5637 Highbury Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Harry C Winch, a salesman at Home Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Wright at 5611 and D M Christie at 5661. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3792 Knight Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H E Winch, an electrician at Hume & Rumble 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Leighton at 3774. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1345 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Roy A Winch, a clerk at Begg Motor 1940

    Next door in 1940: C C F at 1343 and J F Kemp at 1361. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    35 West 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • C A Winch, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W McMenemy at 43. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2461 West 51st Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • N M Winch, a stockman at the Begg Parts Depot 1940

    Next door in 1940: G J Hunter at 2405 and B Bampton at 2487. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a clerk, an electrician, a motorman, a president, a salesman and a stockman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kerrisdale and Riley Park. 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 R V Winch at 1255 Comox Street; 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 Richard V Winch there as the householder, a president at Queen Charlotte Fisheries, with Don E Winch. The 1940 name section lists Harry C Winch at 5637 Highbury Street, a salesman at Home Oil.

H E Winch is listed at 3792 Knight Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harold E Winch there as the householder, an electrician at Hume & Rumble. The 1940 name section lists Roy A Winch at 1345 Robson Street, a clerk at Begg Motor.

In 1940 the directory lists C A Winch at 35 West 17th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles A Winch there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists N M Winch at 2461 West 51st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Norman M Winch there as the householder, a stockman at the Begg Parts Depot.

Today

5637 Highbury still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 1255 Comox (1953), 3792 Knight (1993) and 2461 West 51st (2015) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1345 Robson and 35 West 17th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees
1925 Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees. Not at the house at 1255 Comox: no archive photo of the 1200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 357-1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 11 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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.