A family name on West 2nd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
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 West 2nd Avenue. 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Fishers lived
- 1
2544 West 2nd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Ann L Fisher, a manager at White Chef 1940
- Marjorie Fisher, a saleswoman at A Reed 1940
- 2
4735 West 2nd Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Netta B Fisher, a maid for J Rae 1940
Next door in 1940: R Hunter at 4727 and F W Phillips at 4741. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a maid, a manager and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ann L Fisher at 2544 West 2nd Avenue, a manager at White Chef, with Marjorie Fisher, a saleswoman at A Reed. The 1940 name section lists Netta B Fisher at 4735 West 2nd Avenue, a maid for J Rae.
Today
4735 West 2nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2544 West 2nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Fisher Ann L mgr White Chef2544 West 2nd, p. 198
- Fisher Marjorie slswm A Reed2544 West 2nd, p. 198
- Fisher Netta B maid J Rae4735 West 2nd, p. 198
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.