A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Winstanleys
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Winstanley at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Winstanleys lived
- 1
51 West 11th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Herbert Winstanley, an assistant branch manager at Cunningham Drug 1940
Next door in 1940: W O Smith at 43 and Miss M M Donald at 55. The block, door by door
- 2
3549 West 5th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- E B Winstanley, a salesman at Dominion Furniture 1940
Next door in 1940: E B Smith at 3543 and Mrs N McDonald at 3555. The block, door by door
- 3
3215 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Evelyn Winstanley 1940
- Norman E Winstanley, a strander at British Ropes 1940
Next door in 1940: J G Watson at 3211 and R A Brand at 3223. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an assistant branch manager, a salesman and a strander.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Herbert Winstanley at 51 West 11th Avenue, an assistant branch manager at Cunningham Drug. E B Winstanley is listed at 3549 West 5th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ernest B Winstanley there as the householder, a salesman at Dominion Furniture. The 1940 name section lists Evelyn Winstanley at 3215 West 6th Avenue, with Norman E Winstanley, a strander at British Ropes.
Today
51 West 11th and 3215 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946, 51 West 11th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 3549 West 5th, 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.
- Winstanley Herbt asst br mgr Cunningham Drug51 West 11th, p. 669
- Winstanley E B3549 West 5th, p. 186
- Winstanley Ernest B slsmn Dom Furn3549 West 5th, p. 669
- Winstanley Evelyn3215 West 6th, p. 669
- Winstanley Norman E strander British Ropes3215 West 6th, p. 669
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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.