A family name on East 22nd Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Fishers
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Fisher at two addresses in 1940, all on East 22nd Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Fishers at 705 East 22nd in 1940. 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
250 East 22nd Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- E G Fisher, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: A Ross at 240 and J E Ingham at 252. The block, door by door
- 2
705 East 22nd Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs I Fisher, widow of D 1940
- P Ranald Fisher, a longshoreman 1940
- Ruth A Fisher, a musician 1940
Next door in 1940: G A Durie at 731. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a longshoreman and a musician. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park. 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 E G Fisher at 250 East 22nd 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 Edward G Fisher there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs I Fisher at 705 East 22nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Isabella Fisher there as the householder, widow of D, with P Ranald Fisher, a longshoreman, and Ruth A Fisher, a musician.
Today
705 East 22nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 250 East 22nd (1983) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Fisher E G250 East 22nd, p. 234
- Fisher Edw G retired250 East 22nd, p. 198
- *Fisher Mrs I705 East 22nd, p. 234
- Fisher Isabella wid D705 East 22nd, p. 198
- Fisher P Ranald lngshmn705 East 22nd, p. 198
- Fisher Ruth A musician705 East 22nd, 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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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.