A family name on Grant Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Elliotts
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Elliott at three addresses in 1940, all on Grant Street, with the close spelling Elliot. 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 97 other streets too, all listed on the Elliott name's own page.
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Where the Elliotts lived
- 1
2016 Grant Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Walter J Elliot 1940
Next door in 1940: G Bowden at 2010 and F J Worboys at 2024. The block, door by door
- 2
2141 Grant Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Rita M Elliott, proprietor of the Ulsterville Apartments 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs L R Murdock at 2135 and S C Kinghorn at 2149. The block, door by door
- 3
2292 Grant Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- F A Elliott, a president at F A Elliott Ltd 1940
Next door in 1940: A Beveridge at 2282. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a president and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Walter J Elliot at 2016 Grant Street. The 1940 name section lists Rita M Elliott at 2141 Grant Street, proprietor of the Ulsterville Apartments. In 1940 the directory lists F A Elliott at 2292 Grant 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 Frank A Elliott there as the householder, a president at F A Elliott Ltd.
Today
2016 Grant, 2141 Grant and 2292 Grant still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Elliot Walter J2016 Grant, p. 181
- Elliott Rita M prop Ulsterville Apts2141 Grant, p. 181
- *Elliott F A2292 Grant, p. 61
- Elliott Frank A pres F A Elliott Ltd2292 Grant, p. 181
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Elliotts
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Elliott 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 E. Want a name removed? Tell us.