A family name on Nicola Street, West End
The Fishers
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Fisher at two addresses in 1940, all on Nicola Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
1039 Nicola Street
West End, 1940
- J Fisher 1940
- Mrs Jean Fisher 1940
Next door in 1940: C Molgate at 1053. The block, door by door
- 2
1269 Nicola Street
West End, 1940
- M T Fisher 1940
Next door in 1940: T M Ramsay at 1255 and J Barnes at 1279. The block, door by door
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2). 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 J Fisher at 1039 Nicola Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Jean Fisher there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists M T Fisher at 1269 Nicola Street. The 1940 name section lists Morley T Fisher there as the householder.
Today
The City no longer lists 1269 Nicola, so that building is probably gone (inferred); for 1039 Nicola, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Fisher J1039 Nicola, p. 120
- Fisher Mrs Jean1039 Nicola, p. 198
- Fisher M T1269 Nicola, p. 120
- Fisher Morley T1269 Nicola, 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.