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A family name on Powell Street, Strathcona, Downtown and Grandview-Woodland

The Fishers

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Fisher at four addresses in 1940, all on Powell 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

    134 Powell Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A Fisher 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Humphrey at 132 and Mrs H Omae at 136. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    396 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • W J Fisher 1940

    Next door in 1940: New Fish Mkt at 394 and Japan & Canada Trust Sav Co at 398. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    403 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • George Fisher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Can Seafarers Assn at 405. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    608 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Christina Fisher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Haddon Hotel at 606 and K Tanaka at 620. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (3) and Downtown. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists A Fisher at 134 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists W J Fisher at 396 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists George Fisher at 403 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists Christina Fisher at 608 Powell Street.

Today

134 Powell still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 403 Powell (1947) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 396 Powell and 608 Powell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

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.