A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Elliotts
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Elliott at three addresses in 1940, all on West 8th 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 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
119 West 8th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- G W Elliott, a warehouseman at Western Wholesale Drug 1940
Next door in 1940: F W Crickard at 117 and A Wilson at 125. The block, door by door
- 2
1417 West 8th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Frank R Elliott, a rivetter at Canadian John Wood 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss A Hughes at 1415 and IOOF Hall at 1443. The block, door by door
- 3
1636 West 8th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Miss M Elliott 1940
- Margaret Elliott, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: H Fraser at 1616 and C F Byrnell at 1646. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a rivetter, a school teacher and a warehouseman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 G W Elliott at 119 West 8th 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 George W Elliott there as the householder, a warehouseman at Western Wholesale Drug. The 1940 name section lists Frank R Elliott at 1417 West 8th Avenue, a rivetter at Canadian John Wood.
Miss M Elliott is listed at 1636 West 8th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Elliott there as the householder, a school teacher.
Today
The City no longer lists 119 West 8th, 1417 West 8th and 1636 West 8th, so those buildings are 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 G W119 West 8th, p. 194
- Elliott Geo W whsmn Western Whol Drug119 West 8th, p. 181
- Elliott Frank R rivetter Can John Wood1417 West 8th, p. 181
- *Elliott Miss M1636 West 8th, p. 195
- Elliott Margt sch tchr Van City1636 West 8th, p. 181
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Elliotts
Every directory, as one book
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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.