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A family name on West 20th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Elliotts

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Elliott at three addresses in 1940, all on West 20th Avenue, 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 most under one roof: three Elliotts at 116 West 20th in 1940. 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    116 West 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • F Elliot, a driver at Champion & White 1940
    • Jean Elliot, a stenographer 1940
    • Nelson A Elliot, a salesman for Parsons Brown 1940

    Next door in 1940: A M Beaton at 108 and J H A Lloyd at 122. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    469 West 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W H Elliott, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Ernest R Elliott, a stenographer at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A P Morris at 459 and J R Lyall at 475. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    613 West 20th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • J H Elliott, proprietor of Millar's Meat Market 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Crawford at 605 and W Granville at 621. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: a stenographer (2), a conductor, a driver, a proprietor and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2) and South Cambie. 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 F Elliot at 116 West 20th Avenue; 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 Frank Elliot there as the householder, a driver at Champion & White, with Jean Elliot, a stenographer, and Nelson A Elliot, a salesman for Parsons Brown. In 1940 the directory lists W H Elliott at 469 West 20th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William H Elliott there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway, with William H Elliott Jr, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway, and Ernest R Elliott, a stenographer at the CNR.

In 1940 the directory lists J H Elliott at 613 West 20th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists J Harold Elliott there as the householder, proprietor of Millar's Meat Market.

Today

116 West 20th and 613 West 20th still have their buildings from before 1946; 469 West 20th (2013) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.