A family name on East 14th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Fletchers
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Fletcher at three addresses in 1940, all on East 14th Avenue. 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 74 other streets too, all listed on the Fletcher name's own page.
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Where the Fletchers lived
- 1
245 East 14th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Miss M E Fletcher 1940
- Marjorie E Fletcher, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: J S Wood at 237 and W J Brennan at 253. The block, door by door
- 2
254 East 14th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- F Fletcher, a car repairer at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: J J Morrison at 248 and D J McLean at 262. The block, door by door
- 3
1281 East 14th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- R L Fletcher, a shipper at Hammonds 1940
Next door in 1940: O F Rossum at 1271. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a car repairer, a school teacher and a shipper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (3). 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 M E Fletcher at 245 East 14th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Marjorie E Fletcher there as the householder, a school teacher. In 1940 the directory lists F Fletcher at 254 East 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank Fletcher there as the householder, a car repairer at the BC Electric Railway.
In 1940 the directory lists R L Fletcher at 1281 East 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Robert L Fletcher there as the householder, a shipper at Hammonds.
Today
1281 East 14th (2010) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 245 East 14th and 254 East 14th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Fletcher Miss M E245 East 14th, p. 214
- Fletcher Marjorie E sch tchr Van City245 East 14th, p. 201
- *Fletcher F254 East 14th, p. 214
- Fletcher Frank car repr BCER254 East 14th, p. 200
- Fletcher R L1281 East 14th, p. 214
- Fletcher Robt L shpr Hammonds1281 East 14th, p. 201
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Fletchers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Fletcher 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.