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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Winkelmans

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Winkelman at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Winkelmann. 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 Winkelmans 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

    1146 Melville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • William Winkelman 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Swanson at 1134 and J F Gillespie at 1158. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2155 Triumph Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • R C Winkelman, a seaman at the BC Coast Steamship Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Cooper at 2147 and H J Morris at 2163. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2286 West 16th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G H Winkelmann, a longshoreman 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a longshoreman and a seaman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Kitsilano. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William Winkelman at 1146 Melville Street. R C Winkelman is listed at 2155 Triumph Street 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 Richard C Winkelman there as the householder, a seaman at the BC Coast Steamship Service.

G H Winkelmann is listed at 2286 West 16th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George H Winkelmann there as the householder, a longshoreman.

Today

2286 West 16th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1945 by the City's record; 2155 Triumph (1978) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1146 Melville, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Winkelmans

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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.