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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Winterses

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Winters at seven 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 Winterses 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

    916 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Eve Winters, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: A M Armstrong at 922. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2345 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs P L Winters, widow of S 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sun Tailors at 2343 and L N Gowdy at 2349. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    734 Helmcken Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Gary Winters, a dish washer at Rivers Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Vincent at 730 and R H Greggor at 738. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    6029 Inverness Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • Mrs M Winters 1940
  5. 5

    1460 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Rose B Winters, of Lack's Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: L W Elgear at 1448. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    5429 Rhodes Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • T F Winters, retired 1940
    • Thomas J Winters 1940

    Next door in 1940: F B Lawrenson at 5421 and W A Millar at 5481. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1025 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Allan Winters 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mining Reward at 1021 and Town Hall at 1027. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the eight: a dish washer and a saleswoman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3), Fairview, Renfrew-Collingwood, Sunset and West End. 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 Eve Winters at 916 Burrard Street, a saleswoman. Mrs P L Winters is listed at 2345 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists P Louisa Winters there as the householder, widow of S. The 1940 name section lists Gary Winters at 734 Helmcken Street, a dish washer at Rivers Ltd.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Winters at 6029 Inverness Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Mary Winters there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Rose B Winters at 1460 Nelson Street, of Lack's Cafe.

T F Winters is listed at 5429 Rhodes 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 Thomas F Winters there as the householder, retired, with Thomas J Winters. The 1940 name section lists Allan Winters at 1025 West Pender Street.

Today

1460 Nelson still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 6029 Inverness (1977) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 916 Burrard, 2345 Granville, 734 Helmcken, 5429 Rhodes and 1025 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Winterses

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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.