A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Helems
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Helem at one address, 2764 West 13th Avenue in Kitsilano, in 1940.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Helems at home
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2764 West 13th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- W O Helem, a salesman at W Worrall Furniture 1940
- Jack F Helem, a branch manager at Owl Drug 1940
Next door in 1940: W Ramsden at 2742 and H A Newman at 2776. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a branch manager and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Kitsilano. 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 W O Helem at 2764 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William O Helem there as the householder, a salesman at W Worrall Furniture, with Jack F Helem, a branch manager at Owl Drug.
Today
2764 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Helem W O2764 West 13th, p. 212
- Helem Jack F br mgr Owl Drug2764 West 13th, p. 265
- Helem Wm O slsmn W Worrall Furn2764 West 13th, p. 265
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Helems
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Helem 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 H. Want a name removed? Tell us.