Hellyar - the family I do not know

[lakutreker]

I am trying to find out any information I can about my late father's family.  I know so much about my mother's line (Walsh - very easy to track) but nothing really for my father. 

I am curious about my name, Hellyar, where is comes from and so on.  Does it have a meaning?

If anyone can help I would be most appreciative.

Since I never really knew my father (we only met when I was 11 and he died the next year) the information below is all I have been able to gleen.  I have no dates, not real ties to work backward from.

-My father, Edwin Vincent Hellyar Jr., was 1 of several children born to Edwin Vincent Hellyar Sr. & Phyllis Hellyar.
-My father was in the Army at one point, I believe enlisted. (I have asked the Army for any records) 
-I was told the Hellyar family was from Springfield, Mass. but moved to St. Louis some years ago. 
-And I am told our name of Hellyar is Cornish.

That is all I know.

[*Sandra*]

Hello Lakutreker,

Welcome to Rootschat

This was the very first item that came up when I put in the name - do you think this could have some significance  Date wise 

Edwin Vincent Hellyar
Birth Date: 31 Jan 1948 -  Birthplace: Massachusetts
Death Date: 14 Mar 1990 -  Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Barrett


An interesting and unusual surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, a derivative of the Olde English pre 7th Century term “helian”, meaning to cover, roof, and was an occupational name for a slater or tiler, or even a thatcher. Job descriptive surnames originally denoted the actual occupation of the namebearer, and later became hereditary. Variants of the surname in the modern idiom are Helliar, Hellyer, Helyer, Hilliar, Hillier, Hillyar, Hillyer and Hilyer. The surname first appears in records in the late 13th Century,


Regards
Sandra

[*Sandra*]

1920 Census Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut

Thomas Hillyer 39 Born Connecticut. Father England. Mother Ireland. Conductor on Railroad
Alice Hillyer 25 Born Connecticut
Thomas Hillyer 7
Edward Hillyer 6
Albert Hillyer 4 yrs 1 mth


N.B. Maiden Name of Alice is also Barrett.

The Father and Mother (previous Generation are shown in reply
 
 
 

1930 Census Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Thomas Hellyar 46 Born Connecticut. Conductor. Railroad.
Alice E Hellyar 34 Born Connecticut
Thomas R Hellyar 18 Born Connecticut. Apprentice Bricklayer.
Edwin V Hellyar 16 Born Connecticut
Albert F Hellyar 14 Born Connecticut
George J Hellyar 9 Born Connecticut
 
 
 

[*Sandra*]

SSDI Record

Phyllis L. Hellyar
Born: 3 May 1925
Died: 3 Oct 2007
Last Residence: 63122  Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri
SSN issued: Massachusetts (Before 1951)

[*Sandra*]

Michigan Deaths  This one also has reference to Missouri and Massachusetts

Edwin V Hellyar
Birth Date: 26 Jan 1914
Death Date: 26 Jul 1988
Residence: Missouri
Place of Death: Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan

EDWIN HELLYAR, 74
SOURCE:    PUBLICATION: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)DATE: July 30, 1988

A funeral Mass for Edwin V. Hellyar, a retired marketing executive at the Monsanto Co., will be celebrated at 10 a.m. today at Ste. Genevieve DuBois Catholic Church, 1575 North Woodlawn Avenue in Warson Woods. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.

Mr. Hellyar, 74, of Warson Woods, died Tuesday of a heart attack attending a concert in Interlochen, Michigan.

Mr. Hellyar began his career with Monsanto in 1938 in Springfield, Mass. He joined the company's headquarters in St.

[*Sandra*]

E V Hellyar born in Hatford. Connecticut married Phyllis Barrett in 1944, they were the parents of 5 boys and one girl.  Can send you this full article if you wish.

Monsanto Official Will Speak At University Commencement .
Bulletin Journal - 27 Nov 1980

Joined plastics division of Monsanto in Springfields. Massachusetts in 1938 and became a field representative in 1945. In 1951 he was appointed Assistant Sales Manager for Cellulosic products and the following year became Assistant Sales Manager for styrene materials. In 1956 he was named Manager of Sales Training and subsequently he was Manager of Sales Personnel Development and Sales Administration before assuming his current position. etc etc

[*Sandra*]

Hi Lakutreker,

If you go to the link below you will find relatives who are piecing together the history of family Hellyar and you will see reference to the family I posted in reply 2 which is part of your link.  Hope this is of some help to you.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0a0t/

Regards
Sandra

[*Sandra*]

SSDI Record

Alice Hellyar
 
Born: 8 Sep 1894
Died: Jan 1971
Last Residence: 01105  Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
SSN issued: Massachusetts (Before 1951)

[*Sandra*]

1880 Census Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri

Thos. E. Hellyar 28 Occupation Plasterer.
Margaret Hellyar 26
Chas. J. Hellyar 4 Born Connecticut
Jane Hellyar 2  Born Connecticut
Mary Hellyar 1 Born Connecticut

Thomas Edwin Hellyar
Baptism/Christening Date 04 Jan 1852
Baptism/Christening Place Kenwyn, Cornwall, England
Father's Name Thomas Hellyar
Mother's Name Jane
 

Maiden Name of Margaret is Sheenan. Thomas  married Margared Sheehan on March 31, 1875 in Hartford, Connecticut. They had ten children, including Thomas Francis Hellyar (b. 20 Jan 1883, d. 22 Nov 1959)

Brother Charles Henry and Thomas Edwin were two of the six children of Thomas Hellyar (1821-1856) and Jane Hoit (1813-1893) born in Truro, Conwall.
Two emigrated to the United States, two to South Africa, and two apparently died as infants in Cornwall. There does'nt appear to be any descendants of Thomas and Jane living in England.

1900 Census Hartford, Connecticut

Margeret Hellyar 46 Widowed
Charles Hellyar 24 Jane Hellyar 22
Mary Hellyar 21 Thomas Hellyar 17
Ellen Hellyar 15 James Hellyar 13
Edwin Hellyar 11 Joseph Hellyar 7