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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Helliars

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Helliar at five addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Helliars 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

    1943 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • J D Helliar, a building wrecker 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Gallagher at 1935 and N C Hunter at 1949. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1050 East 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs Mary B Helliar, a packer at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Doyle at 1044 and H Tierney at 1058. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1841 Main Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J D Helliar, a building wrecker 1940

    Next door in 1940: acme apts at 1839 and S Onizuka at 1847. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2057 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • C Helliar, proprietor of the Reliable Radio Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Nelson at 2051 and B Love at 2063. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1525 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G W Helliar, a house wrecker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Shlegel at 1523 and S Pipe at 1529. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a building wrecker, a house wrecker, a packer and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), West End (2) and Fairview. 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 D Helliar at 1943 Comox Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Job D Helliar there as the householder, a building wrecker. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Mary B Helliar at 1050 East 13th Avenue, a packer at Spencer's. J D Helliar, a building wrecker, is listed at 1841 Main Street in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists C Helliar at 2057 Pendrell Street. The 1940 name section lists Cyril Helliar there as the householder, proprietor of the Reliable Radio Service. In 1940 the directory lists G W Helliar at 1525 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 lists Garnet W Helliar there as the householder, a house wrecker.

Today

1050 East 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 1525 West 8th (1973) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1943 Comox, 1841 Main and 2057 Pendrell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees
1925 Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees. Not at the house at 1943 Comox: no archive photo of the 1900 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 357-1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.