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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Fishers

In the city directories 1940 · 92 addresses on 68 streets

The directories print the Fisher name at 92 addresses on 68 streets in 1940, in 17 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Fishers lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. West End11 addresses
  2. Kitsilano9 addresses
  3. Strathcona9 addresses
  4. Downtown8 addresses
  5. Mount Pleasant8 addresses
  6. Riley Park7 addresses
  7. West Point Grey7 addresses
  8. Grandview-Woodland6 addresses
  9. Kensington-Cedar Cottage5 addresses
  10. Dunbar-Southlands4 addresses
  11. Fairview4 addresses
  12. Hastings-Sunrise4 addresses
  13. Victoria-Fraserview3 addresses
  14. Marpole2 addresses
  15. Shaughnessy2 addresses
  16. Sunset2 addresses
  17. Arbutus Ridge1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Haro StreetFour addresses in West End; four people: A E Fisher, R J Fisher, Frederick Fisher and one more
    1940
  2. 2
    Powell StreetFour addresses in Downtown and Strathcona; four people: A Fisher, Christina Fisher, George Fisher and one more
    1940
  3. 3
    Burrard StreetThree addresses in Downtown, West End and Kitsilano; three people: Mrs M C Fisher, George Fisher and Mrs M L Fisher
    1940
  4. 4
    Commercial StreetThree addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview; four people: G Fisher, J H Fisher, Fisher (no first name printed) and one more
    1940
  5. 5
    West 14th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; six people: D J Fisher, F H Fisher, Jack Fisher and three more
    1940
  6. 6
    East 20th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; four people: Mrs F C Fisher, Mrs M T Fisher, Edward R Fisher and one more
    1940
  7. 7
    East 22nd AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; four people: E G Fisher, Mrs I Fisher, P Ranald Fisher and one more
    1940
  8. 8
    East 5th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; two people: Christina M Fisher and J E Fisher
    1940
  9. 9
    East Georgia StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona and Grandview-Woodland; two people: F Fisher and W J Fisher
    1940
  10. 10
    East Hastings StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona; two people: Floyd R Fisher and H Fisher
    1940
  11. 11
    Granville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: Dorothy Fisher and Margaret Fisher
    1940
  12. 12
    Nicola StreetTwo addresses in West End; three people: M T Fisher, J Fisher and Mrs Jean Fisher
    1940

56 more streets, by name: Adanac Street (1), Alberni Street (1), Alder Street (1), Argyle Street (1), Beatrice Street (1), Belmont Avenue (1), Cambie Street (1), Denman Street (1), Dunbar Street (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 51st Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), East Cordova Street (1), Harriet Street (1), Howe Street (1), Jackson Avenue (1), Keefer Street (1), Mackenzie Street (1), Nanton Avenue (1), Nelson Street (1), Ogden Avenue (1), Ontario Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Parker Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Quebec Street (1), Renfrew Street (1), Robson Street (1), Salsbury Drive (2), Sophia Street (1), Stephens Street (1), Walden Street (1), Walnut Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (2), West 13th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (2), West 17th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (2), West 35th Avenue (1), West 62nd Avenue (1), West 63rd Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West Broadway (2), West Georgia Street (1), West Pender Street (1), Windsor Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 92 addresses, 35 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 18 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 38; each street's page names them.

The book of the Fishers

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under F. Want a name removed? Tell us.