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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Fishers

In the city directories 1940 · six people at two addresses

The directories print six people named Fisher at two addresses in 1940, all on West 12th 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: five Fishers at 46 West 12th 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

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

    46 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W J Fisher, a meat cutter 1940
    • Arthur J Fisher, who worked for Restmore 1940
    • Blanche F Fisher, a seamstress at Woodward's 1940
    • David C Fisher, a butcher at the BC Livestock Exchange 1940
    • Violet Fisher 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Dalgleish at 36 and W Entwisle at 60. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4549 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W C Fisher, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Edwards at 4543 and H H Savage at 4553. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a butcher, a carpenter, an employee, a meat cutter and a seamstress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 W J Fisher at 46 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Walter J Fisher there as the householder, a meat cutter, with Arthur J Fisher, who worked for Restmore, Blanche F Fisher, a seamstress at Woodward's, David C Fisher, a butcher at the BC Livestock Exchange, and Violet Fisher. In 1940 the directory lists W C Fisher at 4549 West 12th 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 lists William C Fisher there as the householder, a carpenter.

Today

4549 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; 46 West 12th (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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

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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.