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A family name on Burrard Street, Downtown, West End, Fairview and Kitsilano

The Fishers

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Fisher at three addresses in 1940, all on Burrard Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 67 other streets too, all listed on the Fisher name's own page.

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Where the Fishers lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    355 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs M C Fisher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Bank of Montreal at 385. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    842 Burrard Street

    West End, 1940

    • George Fisher, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Polly at 834 and H G Isert at 850. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2397 Burrard Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M L Fisher, a dairy 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kitsilano and 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 M C Fisher at 355 Burrard Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs M C Fisher there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists George Fisher at 842 Burrard Street, a salesman. Mrs M L Fisher, a dairy, is listed at 2397 Burrard Street in 1940.

Today

355 Burrard still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 842 Burrard and 2397 Burrard, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Shriners in striped robes marching in a parade on Burrard Street
1942 Shriners in striped robes marching in a parade on Burrard Street. Not at the house at 355 Burrard: no archive photo of the 300 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 1184-1239. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Fishers

Every directory, as one book

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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 F. Want a name removed? Tell us.