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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hellers

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at nine addresses

The directories print ten people named Heller at nine addresses in 1940 in nine of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Hellier. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Hellers 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

    1157 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • John S Hellier 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Hughes at 1153 and Mrs M E Shepherd at 1165. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    131 East 27th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • C E Hellier 1940
    • Charles C Hellier 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Milne at 125 and A E King at 137. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    719 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs M B Heller 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Wilson at 717 and Miss F Marriott at 721. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1238 Franklin Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • David F Hellier, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Singer at 1230. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2549 Kitchener Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • E A Hellier, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Hamm at 2539 and C Perceval at 2559. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2036 Triumph Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W Hellier 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Ikeda at 2034 and Mrs R Odegard at 2048. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3094 West 28th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C W Heller, a trader at Adam & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: F E Carlson at 3082. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1692 West 40th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • O C Heller 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Hamill at 1680. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    2117 West 46th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • M H W Heller, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Hope at 2111 and C Holme at 2123. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the ten: a clerk (2), a fireman and a trader.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Kerrisdale, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park, Shaughnessy, Strathcona and West End. 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 John S Hellier at 1157 Davie Street. C E Hellier is listed at 131 East 27th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles C Hellier there as the householder.

Mrs M B Heller is listed at 719 East Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Mary B Heller there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists David F Hellier at 1238 Franklin Street, a clerk.

In 1940 the directory lists E A Hellier at 2549 Kitchener Street. The 1940 name section lists Ernest A Hellier there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists W Hellier at 2036 Triumph Street.

C W Heller is listed at 3094 West 28th Avenue in 1940; 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 Charles W Heller there as the householder, a trader at Adam & Co. O C Heller is listed at 1692 West 40th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Oscar C Heller there as the householder.

M H W Heller is listed at 2117 West 46th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Math H W Heller there as the householder, a clerk.

Today

131 East 27th, 2549 Kitchener, 1692 West 40th and 2117 West 46th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1238 Franklin (1969) and 3094 West 28th (2002) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1157 Davie, 719 East Broadway and 2036 Triumph, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 15 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

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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 H. Want a name removed? Tell us.