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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Helyers

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Helyer at five addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Hellyer. 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 Helyers 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

    279 East 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • H G Helyer, retired 1940
  2. 2

    382 East 48th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Miss N Hellyer 1940
    • Norah Hellyer 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Van Wyck at 360. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    135 East 51st Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • W C Hellyer, a carpenter 1940
    • Gladys R V Hellyer, a saleswoman at Woolworths 1940

    Next door in 1940: H O Philion at 141. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1284 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss N Helyer 1940
    • Nancy Helyer, a stenographer at McGregor Johnston & Thomas 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss E M Whitehead at 1270. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1901 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • M Helyer, a structural engineer at McCarter & Nairn 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Hopkins at 1915. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a carpenter, a saleswoman, a stenographer and a structural engineer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2), West End (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 H G Helyer at 279 East 13th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Harry G Helyer there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists Miss N Hellyer at 382 East 48th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Norah Hellyer there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists W C Hellyer at 135 East 51st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William C Hellyer there as the householder, a carpenter, with Gladys R V Hellyer, a saleswoman at Woolworths. In 1940 the directory lists Miss N Helyer at 1284 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section lists Nancy Helyer there as the householder, a stenographer at McGregor Johnston & Thomas.

In 1940 the directory lists M Helyer at 1901 Pendrell Street. The 1940 name section lists Maurice Helyer there as the householder, a structural engineer at McCarter & Nairn.

Today

382 East 48th (2001) and 135 East 51st (2004) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 279 East 13th, 1284 Nelson and 1901 Pendrell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Helyers

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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.