A family name on Alberni Street, West End
The Fishers
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Fisher at one address, 1320 Alberni Street in West End, in 1940. The directories print the name on 67 other streets too, all listed on the Fisher name's own page.
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.
The Fishers at home
- 1
1320 Alberni Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs D Fisher, widow of W 1940
- Herbert E Fisher 1940
Next door in 1940: R R Hedley at 1316 and J B Farquhar at 1324. The block, door by door
What they did
One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in 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
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs D Fisher at 1320 Alberni Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Doris Fisher there as the householder, widow of W, with Herbert E Fisher.
Today
The City no longer lists 1320 Alberni, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Fisher Mrs D1320 Alberni, p. 3
- Fisher Doris wid W mgr Toronto Ladies Wear1320 Alberni, p. 198
- Fisher Herbt E1320 Alberni, p. 198
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Fishers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Fisher 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.
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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.