A family name on West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Fishers
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Fisher at two addresses in 1940, all on West 15th 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: four Fishers at 1465 West 15th 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
1465 West 15th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- J F Fisher, a foreman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
- Miss J E R Fisher 1940
- Jessie E R Fisher, a school teacher 1940
- Mrs Laura M Fisher, proprietor of The Miromar 1940
Next door in 1940: lynnwood apartments at 1455 and shaughnessy mansions at 1483. The block, door by door
- 2
3672 West 15th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- J P Fisher, an assistant accountant at the Royal Bank 1940
Next door in 1940: H J Ashbee at 3664 and R R Hempseed at 3680. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an assistant accountant, a foreman, a proprietor and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview 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 Miss J E R Fisher at 1465 West 15th Avenue. By 1940 it is J F Fisher; 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 John F Fisher there as the householder, a foreman at the BC Electric Railway, with Jessie E R Fisher, a school teacher, and Mrs Laura M Fisher, proprietor of The Miromar.
J P Fisher is listed at 3672 West 15th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James P Fisher there as the householder, an assistant accountant at the Royal Bank.
Today
1465 West 15th and 3672 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Fisher J F1465 West 15th, p. 219
- Fisher Miss J E R1465 West 15th, p. 219
- Fisher Jessie E R sch tchr Van City1465 West 15th, p. 198
- Fisher John F formn BCER1465 West 15th, p. 198
- Fisher Mrs Laura M prop The Miromar1465 West 15th, p. 198
- *Fisher J P3672 West 15th, p. 221
- Fisher Jas P asst acct Royal Bk3672 West 15th, 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.