A family name on West 16th Avenue, Fairview, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, South Cambie, Shaughnessy, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and West Point Grey
The Elliotts
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Elliott at two addresses in 1940, all on West 16th Avenue, 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
1565 West 16th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- J E Elliott, a manager at Canadian Warren-Pink 1940
- Erwin H Elliott, an accountant at Pacific Power & Water 1940
Next door in 1940: ottawa court at 1551 and gloucester court at 1575. The block, door by door
- 2
3830 West 16th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- A Elliot 1940
Next door in 1940: G H Munro at 3836. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an accountant and a manager.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and West Point Grey. 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 J E Elliott at 1565 West 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John E Elliott there as the householder, a manager at Canadian Warren-Pink, with Erwin H Elliott, an accountant at Pacific Power & Water. In 1940 the directory lists A Elliot at 3830 West 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Andrew Elliot there as the householder.
Today
1565 West 16th and 3830 West 16th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Elliott J E1565 West 16th, p. 223
- Elliott Erwin H acct Pac Power & Water1565 West 16th, p. 181
- Elliott John E mgr Can Warren-Pink1565 West 16th, p. 181
- Elliot A3830 West 16th, p. 223
- Elliot Andw3830 West 16th, 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.