A family name on West 38th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Elliotts
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Elliott at two addresses in 1940, all on West 38th 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
3336 West 38th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J Elliott, of J & H McL Elliott 1940
- Margaret I Elliott, a clerk at Peerless Laundry 1940
Next door in 1940: J Mitchell at 3322 and J B Stevenson at 3350. The block, door by door
- 2
3378 West 38th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- A W Elliott, a locksmith 1940
- Marjorie L Elliott, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: G Cullis at 3364. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk, a locksmith and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2). 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 Elliott at 3336 West 38th 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 John Elliott there as the householder, of J & H McL Elliott, with Margaret I Elliott, a clerk at Peerless Laundry. In 1940 the directory lists A W Elliott at 3378 West 38th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur W Elliott there as the householder, a locksmith, with Marjorie L Elliott, a school teacher.
Today
3336 West 38th and 3378 West 38th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Elliott J3336 West 38th, p. 255
- Elliott John of J & H McL Elliott3336 West 38th, p. 181
- Elliott Margt I clk Peerless Lndy3336 West 38th, p. 181
- *Elliott A W3378 West 38th, p. 255
- Elliott Arth W locksmith 516 Howe3378 West 38th, p. 181
- Elliott Marjorie L sch tchr Van City3378 West 38th, 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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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.