A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Wintemutes
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Wintemute 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 Wintemutes lived
- 1
3426 West 12th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- E C Wintemute, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: R Cloggie at 3436. The block, door by door
- 2
3287 West 22nd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J M Wintemute, a splicer at the BC Telephone 1940
- Eileen F Wintemute, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: F A Gould at 3281. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: an employee (2) and a splicer. Three of them worked for BC Telephone.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands 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
In 1940 the directory lists E C Wintemute at 3426 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Earl C Wintemute there as the householder, who worked for the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists J M Wintemute at 3287 West 22nd 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 John M Wintemute there as the householder, a splicer at the BC Telephone, with Eileen F Wintemute, who worked for the BC Telephone.
Today
3287 West 22nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 3426 West 12th (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Wintemute E C3426 West 12th, p. 209
- Wintemute Earl C emp BC Tel3426 West 12th, p. 669
- *Wintemute J M3287 West 22nd, p. 235
- Wintemute Eileen F emp BC Tel3287 West 22nd, p. 669
- Wintemute John M splicer BC Tel3287 West 22nd, p. 669
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Wintemutes
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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.