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The Elkinses

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at eight addresses

The directories print nine people named Elkins at eight addresses in 1940 in seven of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Elkinses lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1060 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Blanche Elkins, a clerk at A&N Department Store 1940

    Next door in 1940: Balderston Motors (used cars) at 1056 and Dom Furn Chain Stores at 1062. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1625 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • A Grace Elkins, widow of F J 1940
    • John Elkins, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Willis at 1617 and Mrs A W Chamen at 1637. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4490 Osler Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • J E Elkins 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Newman at 4470. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1556 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W C Elkins, who worked for Shell Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Wilson at 1540 and Maritime Garage at 1560. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    317 West 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • F Elkins, an agent for Metro Life 1940

    Next door in 1940: C N Ingard at 307 and J Craig at 327. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    814 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Joseph Elkins, a shoe repairer at Woodward's Shoe Repairing 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Mutual Benefit Assn at 812 and Elgood Edwards & Co at 816. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3216 William Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Stan Elkins, a storeman at the Canadian Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Hudson at 3212 and H K Berglund at 3232. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3216 Willow Street

    South Cambie, 1940

    • S Elkins 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Pelman at 3208 and Mrs M M Stirling at 3224. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the nine: an agent, a clerk, a shoe repairer and a storeman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise, Riley Park, Shaughnessy, South Cambie and West End. 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 Blanche Elkins at 1060 Granville Street, a clerk at A&N Department Store. The 1940 name section lists A Grace Elkins at 1625 Nelson Street, widow of F J, with John Elkins, a student. In 1940 the directory lists J E Elkins at 4490 Osler Street; 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 James E Elkins there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists W C Elkins at 1556 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William C Elkins there as the householder, who worked for Shell Oil. In 1940 the directory lists F Elkins at 317 West 17th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank Elkins there as the householder, an agent for Metro Life.

The 1940 name section lists Joseph Elkins at 814 West Pender Street, a shoe repairer at Woodward's Shoe Repairing. The 1940 name section lists Stan Elkins at 3216 William Street as the householder, a storeman at the Canadian Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists S Elkins at 3216 Willow Street.

Today

1060 Granville, 4490 Osler, 1556 West 13th, 317 West 17th and 3216 William still have their buildings from before 1946, 1060 Granville on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1625 Nelson, 814 West Pender and 3216 Willow, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges
About 1915 Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges. Not at the house at 1625 Nelson: no archive photo of the 1600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P181.2. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 12 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

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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 E. Want a name removed? Tell us.