A family name on Ontario Street, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, Oakridge, Sunset and Marpole
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 Ontario 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.
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 Elliotts lived
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- 2
3342 Ontario Street
Riley Park, 1940
- Margaret D Elliott, a laundress at Pioneer Laundry 1940
Next door in 1940: R H Parker at 3352. The block, door by door
- 3
6263 Ontario Street
Oakridge, 1940
- B C Elliott, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: W R Donaldson at 6249 and W R Hancock at 6269. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a conductor, a laundress and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant, Oakridge and Riley Park. 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 C A Elliott at 2102 Ontario Street, a school teacher. The 1940 name section lists Margaret D Elliott at 3342 Ontario Street, a laundress at Pioneer Laundry. In 1940 the directory lists B C Elliott at 6263 Ontario 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 B Charlton Elliott there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway, with Bernard C Elliott, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway.
Today
3342 Ontario still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 6263 Ontario (1996) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2102 Ontario, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Elliott C A sch tchr2102 Ontario, p. 181
- Elliott Margt D lndrs Pioneer Lndy3342 Ontario, p. 181
- *Elliott B C6263 Ontario, p. 122
- Elliott B Charlton cond BCER6263 Ontario, p. 181
- Elliott Bernard C cond BCER6263 Ontario, 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.