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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Eluks

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Eluk at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Eluks at 2066 Nanaimo in 1940.

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Where the Eluks 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

    769 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Kate Elluk, a waitress for Roxy Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Pishak at 765 and Donuts Eatmor at 771. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    917 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Gabriel Eluk, a porter at the Cobalt Hotel Beer Parlor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Better 'Ole (The) at 915 and Machinery Jobbing & Junk Co at 925. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2066 Nanaimo Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J Eluk 1940
    • Mary Eluk 1940
    • Peter Eluk, a mechanic 1940
    • William Eluk, an apprentice at the Mainland Foundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Barnett at 2036 and W J Thorogood at 2084. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: an apprentice, a mechanic, a porter and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Kate Elluk at 769 East Hastings Street, a waitress for Roxy Cafe. The 1940 name section lists Gabriel Eluk at 917 Main Street, a porter at the Cobalt Hotel Beer Parlor. In 1940 the directory lists J Eluk at 2066 Nanaimo 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 lists John Eluk there as the householder, with Mary Eluk, Peter Eluk, a mechanic, and William Eluk, an apprentice at the Mainland Foundry.

Today

769 East Hastings and 917 Main still have their buildings from before 1946; 2066 Nanaimo (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Eluks

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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.