Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Information
Area Coordinator:
Date Formed: 1871
Districts:
- Metropolitan Winnipeg is divided into Tuxedo, Assiniboia, Charleswood, St James, St Boniface, Fort Garry, St Vital, Transcona, Kildonan (Old, West, East & North) and Winnipeg City. Within the metro area the districts of: Point Douglas, Armstrong's Point (aka Fauberg St Germain), North End, Norwood, Fort Rouge, Tuxedo Park, Crescentwood, Cordova Heights, St Johns and Elmwood can be found. The city was also divided into census wards 1-6. Ref: Winnipeg in Maps 1816 - 1972; Alan J. Artibase; National Archives of Canada 1975
Articles:
|
Name |
Type |
Source |
| History and Live Theatre in Winnipeg by Barry McCarten | History | Manitoba Historical Society publication 1988, No16 |
| The Archives of La Société historique de Saint-Boniface by Gilles Lesage | History | Manitoba Historical Society publication 1988, No16 |
| A Founding Father of Winnipeg: James Henry Ashdown 1844-1924 by Lorne A. Shropshire | History | Manitoba Historical Society publication 1990, No19 |
| A Trip Through Time in Transcona by Terry Patterson | History | Manitoba Historical Society publication 1987, No13 |
| Influenza by Peter Wilton (The Spanish Ful epidemic of 1918) | History | Manitoba Historical Society publication 1992, No23 |
| Historical Tour - Crescentwood, Winnipeg’s Best Residential District by Rosemary Malaher | History | Manitoba Historical Society publication 1992, No24 |
| Winnipeg’s Selkirk Avenue in 1914 by Abe Padolsky | History | Manitoba Historical Society publication 1993, No26 |
| German Canadians In Manitoba | History | German Society of Winnipeg (Deutsche Vereinigung von Winnipeg) |
Books (These books are available via Inter-Library Loan at your local Library)
- Winnipeg - Where The New West Begins by Erica Wells (Windsor, 1982, 287 pp)
- Winnipeg 100 :One Hundred Year Pictorial History of Winnipeg by Edith Paterson (Minnipeg Free Press, 1973, over-sized paperback, 120 pp)
- The Best Possible Face L. B. Foote's Winnipeg by Turnstone Press (1985, 10" x 9", 135 pp)
- The Germans in Canada by K. M. McLaughlin (Canadian Historical Association, 1985, 22pp)
- Winnipeg : An Illustrated History by Alan Artibase :1972 ; 100 Year pictorial history of Winnipeg
- Winnipeg: Heart of a Continent by Christopher Dafoe :1977 ; National Museums of Canada, History of Canadian Cities Series : History and Photos of Winnipeg
- WINNIPEG by George Mitchell & Mary Lile Benham :1974 ; Published by the City of Winnipeg on the 102nd anniversary. History and Photos (mostly circa 1974) of Winnipeg
- Germans to America 1840 to 1897 by Ira A. Glazier and P. William Filby editors (60 vol, primarily USA but many Winnipeg immigrants passed through NY) (Libraries holding these books)
Census Records
The Manitoba Historical Society has a list of Winnipeg streets and which census enumeration district they are in.(For 1911 census but applicable to earlier census')
1881 Canadian Census (searchable-courtesy Familysearch.org)
1901 Canadian Census for Winnipeg, Manitoba (searchable-courtesy AutomatedGenealogy.com)
1906 Canadian Census for Winnipeg, Manitoba (searchable-courtesy AutomatedGenealogy.com)
1911 Canadian Census for Winnipeg, Manitoba (searchable-courtesy AutomatedGenealogy.com)
Churches (German congregations as of 1913)
| *Trinity Lutheran Church (Evangelisch-Lutherische Dreieinigkeitsgemeinde) Duffern & Slater then Flora & King |
Immanuel Lutheran Church (Evangelisch-Lutherische Immanuel Gemeinde) College & McKenzie |
St. Paul's Lutheran Church (Evangelisch-Lutherische St. Paulus Gemeinde) Watt St. at Tweed |
| Ev.-Lutheran Church of the Cross (Evangelisch-Lutherische Kreuz Gemeinde) Alexanderm NW corner Chambers St |
First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Louise Bridge (Erste Evangelisch-Lutherische Gemeinde su Louise Bridge) 418 Tweed St |
Christ Lutheran Church (Evangelisch-Lutherische Christus Gemeinde) 592 Aberdeen |
| Holy Cross Lutheran Church (Heil. Kreuz Gemeinde) 708 McCalman |
First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Louise Bridge (Erste Evangelisch-Lutherische Gemeinde su Louise Bridge) 418 Tweed St |
Redeemer Lutheran Church (Evangelisch-Lutherische Erloseser Gemeinde) 779 Manitoba |
| St. John's Lutheran Church (Evangelisch-Lutherische St. Johannes Gemeinde) 370 McKenzie St |
First German Baptist Church (Erste Duesche Baptisten Gemeinde) &Monkman |
North End Chapel (Nordend Kapelle) Manitoba, SW corner McKenzie |
| Westside Chapel (Kapelle an der Westseite) 1401 Ross |
Zion Reformed Church (Reformierte Zions Gemeinde) Alexander, SE corner Ellen |
Salem Reformed Church (Reformierte Salems Gemeinde) Andrews, NE corner Burrows |
| Ebenezer Church of the Evangelical Association (Ebenezer Gemeinde der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft) 331 Alexander |
St Joseph's Church - German Catholic (St. Joseph's Gemeinde) 493 College |
(*) Trinity Lutheran Church: Church books 1888 - present; A digital copy of 1888 - 1915 is archived at the GRHS library and is now being indexed.
Cemeteries
| Name | Location | Search |
| Elmwood | 88 Hespeler Avenue, Winnipeg | Manitoba Genealogical Society(not on-line) |
| Brookwood | 3001 Notre Dame Ave, Winnipeg | City of Winnipeg Search |
| St. Vital | St. Vital Park and Bishop Grandin Blvd, St. Vital | City of Winnipeg Search |
| Transcona | Dugald Road and the east Perimeter, Transcona | City of Winnipeg Search |
Letter Archives Search (use "Winnipeg" as your search keyword)
Maps :
- 1908 & 1920 Maps of Winnipeg Courtesy Manitoba Historical Society. High Resolution
- Modern Map of Winnipeg Courtesy Google Maps
Photo Album :
- Winnipeg 100 :One Hundred Year Pictorial History of Winnipeg by Edith Paterson (Minnipeg Free Press, 1973, over-sized paperback, 120 pp)
- The Best Possible Face L. B. Foote's Winnipeg by Turnstone Press (1985, 10" x 9", 135 pp)
Websites relating to Winnipeg Manitoba :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg - Wikepedia article on Winnipeg
Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1918 Registry - (searchable database) Libraries and Archives Canada
1940 National Registration - (searchable database) Libraries and Archives Canada (Compulsory registration of all adults in Canada from 1940 to 1946)
Canadian Passenger List Indexing Project - (searchable database) Nanaimo Family History Society
Canadian Immigration Records (1925-1935) - (organized by date arriving) ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada
SS Augusta Victoria; Nesselrode, South Russia -> NY -> Winnipeg, April 1890 - Passenger Manifests stored at the US National Archives and available via inter-library loan.
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