Vancouver / Names / F / Fillmore

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Fillmores

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named Fillmore at six 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. The most under one roof: three Fillmores at 1812 East 8th in 1940.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Fillmores 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

    1540 East 3rd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • M M Fillmore, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: G B Delves at 1536 and C T Maxwell at 1546. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1812 East 8th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W T Fillmore, retired 1940
    • Doris H Fillmore 1940
    • Selvia P Fillmore, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: E S Hancock at 1804 and Mrs F Sutherland at 1820. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4328 Locarno Crescent

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • F S Fillmore 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Corral at 4322 and H B McIntosh at 4334. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2118 Prince Edward Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • V T Fillmore, a grader at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M J Lambe at 2124. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3743 West 1st Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • C L Fillmore, a magistrate at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: E T Orr at 3731. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4573 West 2nd Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • H S Fillmore 1940
    • Harold D Fillmore, a clerk at the Post Office 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A Hedreen at 4569 and J P O'Sullivan at 4579. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: a clerk, an employee, a grader, a magistrate and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (3), Grandview-Woodland (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

In 1940 the directory lists M M Fillmore at 1540 East 3rd 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Mabrey M Fillmore there as the householder, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries. In 1940 the directory lists W T Fillmore at 1812 East 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William T Fillmore there as the householder, retired, with Doris H Fillmore, and Selvia P Fillmore, who worked for the BC Telephone.

In 1940 the directory lists F S Fillmore at 4328 Locarno Crescent; the 1940 line is marked * too. V T Fillmore is listed at 2118 Prince Edward Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Vernon T Fillmore there as the householder, a grader at the City of Vancouver.

C L Fillmore is listed at 3743 West 1st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles L Fillmore there as the householder, a magistrate at the BC Government. H S Fillmore is listed at 4573 West 2nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harold D Fillmore there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office.

Today

1812 East 8th, 4328 Locarno Crescent, 2118 Prince Edward, 3743 West 1st and 4573 West 2nd still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1540 East 3rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Fillmores

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Fillmore name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

Another name, or a house

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 F. Want a name removed? Tell us.