A family name on Commercial Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview
The Fishers
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Fisher at three addresses in 1940, all on Commercial 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
- 1
3551 Commercial Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- G Fisher, a laborer 1940
- Walter Fisher, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: Cottage Prntrs at 3523 and C E Hannay at 3555. The block, door by door
- 2
5805 Commercial Street
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- J H Fisher, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Watts at 5829. The block, door by door
- 3
5897 Commercial Street
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- Fisher (no first name printed), a janitor at the Hall Building 1940
Next door in 1940: J Tofts at 5889. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a laborer (3) and a janitor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Victoria-Fraserview (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 G Fisher at 3551 Commercial Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Fisher there as the householder, a laborer, with Walter Fisher, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists J H Fisher at 5805 Commercial Street. The 1940 name section lists John H Fisher there as the householder, a laborer.
The 1940 name section lists Fisher (no first name printed) at 5897 Commercial Street, a janitor at the Hall Building.
Today
5897 Commercial still has its building from before 1946, dated 1923 by the City's record; 5805 Commercial (1984) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3551 Commercial, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Fisher G3551 Commercial, p. 34
- Fisher Geo lab3551 Commercial, p. 198
- Fisher Walter lab3551 Commercial, p. 198
- Fisher J H5805 Commercial, p. 34
- Fisher John H lab5805 Commercial, p. 198
- Fisher Mrs — jntr Hall Bldg5897 Commercial, 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.