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The Helliwells

In the city directories 1940 · 14 people at twelve addresses

The directories print 14 people named Helliwell at twelve addresses in 1940 in eight of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings Halliwell and Hellewell. 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 Helliwells lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1799 Cedar Crescent

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • J F Helliwell 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Watkins at 1751. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3009 East 21st Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • H Halliwell, a bookkeeper 1940

    Next door in 1940: F H Thompson at 3003 and J W Downey at 3049. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    543 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H V Hellewell, a manufacturers agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: Leather Gds Burns at 541 and L C Fraser at 545. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1060 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • John Halliwell 1940

    Next door in 1940: Balderston Motors (used cars) at 1056 and Dom Furn Chain Stores at 1062. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    5041 Marguerite Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • E F Helliwell, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
    • Peter Helliwell 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Sutherland at 5025 and J Andrews at 5057. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    256 Vernon Drive

    Strathcona, 1940

    • R Halliwell 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Jacobson at 250 and R Ratcliffe at 262. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2965 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Harold V Hellewell, a manufacturers agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Greenall at 2935 and S G M Brown at 2985. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    4327 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Doug Hellewell, a salesman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Almond at 4325 and F M Alexander at 4333. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    971 West 20th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • F Helliwell 1940
    • Lillian M Helliwell, who worked for Nelsons Laundries 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Downs at 951 and N Barmuta at 973. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    1849 West 35th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • J L Helliwell, of Helliwell Maclachlan 1940

    Next door in 1940: F H Smith at 1833 and E J Jordan at 1857. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    1763 West 58th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • R J Helliwell, a draftsman at Langley Manufacturing 1940

    Next door in 1940: F C Cave at 1755 and R F Astbury at 1769. The block, door by door

  12. 12

    1268 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Ada Halliwell, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: R H Wiese at 1254. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the 14: a bookkeeper, a draftsman, an employee, a manufacturers agent and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3), Shaughnessy (3), Kitsilano, Marpole, Renfrew-Collingwood, South Cambie, Strathcona and West Point Grey. 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 F Helliwell at 1799 Cedar Crescent; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). H Halliwell is listed at 3009 East 21st Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Henry Halliwell there as the householder, a bookkeeper. H V Hellewell, a manufacturers agent, is listed at 543 Granville Street in 1940.

The 1940 name section lists John Halliwell at 1060 Granville Street. E F Helliwell is listed at 5041 Marguerite Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernest F Helliwell there as the householder, who worked for the BC Telephone, with Peter Helliwell.

R Halliwell is listed at 256 Vernon Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Richard Halliwell there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Harold V Hellewell at 2965 West 10th Avenue, a manufacturers agent. The 1940 name section lists Doug Hellewell at 4327 West 15th Avenue, a salesman at Spencer's.

F Helliwell is listed at 971 West 20th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Fred Helliwell there as the householder, with Frederick W E Helliwell, and Lillian M Helliwell, who worked for Nelsons Laundries. J L Helliwell is listed at 1849 West 35th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John L Helliwell there as the householder, of Helliwell Maclachlan.

R J Helliwell is listed at 1763 West 58th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ray J Helliwell there as the householder, a draftsman at Langley Manufacturing. The 1940 name section lists Ada Halliwell at 1268 West Georgia Street, a widow.

Today

1799 Cedar Crescent, 1060 Granville, 5041 Marguerite, 2965 West 10th and 1763 West 58th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1060 Granville on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3009 East 21st (1966), 543 Granville (1995), 4327 West 15th (2014), 971 West 20th (1980) and 1849 West 35th (2016) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 256 Vernon Drive and 1268 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 21 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.