A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Dishers
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Disher at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Dishers lived
- 1
1526 Angus Drive
Shaughnessy, 1940
- C E Disher 1940
- Edward W Disher, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: R K Walkem at 1550. The block, door by door
- 2
1152 East 23rd Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Specialties (C E Disher) Disher, in wholesale bakers 1940
Next door in 1940: J Stevenson at 1142. The block, door by door
- 3
2545 Main Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Miss G L Disher 1940
- Gladys L Disher, a bookkeeper for Disher Specialties 1940
Next door in 1940: Belvedere Delctsn at 2543 and W E Turnbull at 2549. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a bookkeeper, a president and a wholesale bakers.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and Shaughnessy. 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 C E Disher at 1526 Angus Drive; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists C Edward Disher there as the householder, with Edward W Disher, a student. The 1940 name section lists Specialties (C E Disher) Disher at 1152 East 23rd Avenue, in wholesale bakers.
Miss G L Disher is listed at 2545 Main Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Gladys L Disher there as the householder, a bookkeeper for Disher Specialties.
Today
1526 Angus Drive and 2545 Main still have their buildings from before 1946; 1152 East 23rd (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Disher C E1526 Angus Drive, p. 5
- Disher C Edw pres Consolidated Properties and Consul for Uruguay1526 Angus Drive, p. 161
- Disher Edw W studt1526 Angus Drive, p. 161
- Disher Specialties (C E Disher) whol bakers1152 East 23rd, p. 161
- Disher Miss G L2545 Main, p. 108
- Disher Gladys L bkpr Disher Specialties2545 Main, p. 161
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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 D. Want a name removed? Tell us.