A family name on Sophia Street, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant and Sunset
The Elliotts
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Elliott at two addresses in 1940, all on Sophia Street, with the close spelling Elliot. 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 97 other streets too, all listed on the Elliott name's own page.
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Where the Elliotts lived
- 1
3030 Sophia Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- T Elliott, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: J P McEnaney at 3036. The block, door by door
- 2
4848 Sophia Street
Riley Park, 1940
- Mrs S R Elliott, widow of S E 1940
Next door in 1940: W I Couper at 4824. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a conductor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant 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
In 1940 the directory lists T Elliott at 3030 Sophia 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Thompson Elliott there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs S R Elliott at 4848 Sophia Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Sarah R Elliott there as the householder, widow of S E.
Today
3030 Sophia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 4848 Sophia (2001) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Elliott T3030 Sophia, p. 152
- Elliott Thompson cond BCER3030 Sophia, p. 181
- *Elliott Mrs S R4848 Sophia, p. 153
- Elliott Sarah R wid S E4848 Sophia, p. 181
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.