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'''Flora | [[File:FloraHeylar1945.PNG|thumb|Flora Heylar, circa 1945]] | ||
'''Flora Helyar (nee Currie)''' (1917 - 5 July 1973) was a housewife who lived most of her life in Winnipeg until she moved to North Vancouver in early 1969. | |||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
She was born to [[Alexander Clapperton Currie|Alex Currie]] and [[ | She was born to [[Alexander Clapperton Currie|Alex Currie]] and [[Anna Currie|Anna Snook]] in Port Arthur, Ontario. | ||
==Later life== | ==Later life== | ||
She was mother to Lillias, Neill, | She married [[Charles Helyar]] (1909 - 1993). They divorced sometime before 1950, when he remarried to [[Anna Vidal]]. Nevertheless she seems to have moved to Vancouver at the same time her ex-husband did, around 1967. Actually she moved 2 years after this. | ||
She was mother to a son and two daughters, all of whom moved to North Vancouver: | |||
* [[Lillias Bjornson|Lillias]] (born 1937, married Harrill Bjornson (1933-1922) on 24 November 1958, divorced in the 1960s or 70s) | |||
** [[Lisa Bjornson]] | |||
** [[Sean Bjornson]] | |||
** [[Kit Bjornson]] | |||
** [[Lee Bjornson]] | |||
* [[Neill W. Helyar]] (1938 - 1997, died of cancer, married [[Shirley Helyar|Shirley]])) | |||
** [[Rodney Helyar]] | |||
** [[Stacey Helyar]] | |||
* [[Susan Shoesmith|Susan]] (born February 1942, married [[Brian Shoesmith]] (1931-2012)) | |||
** [[Kevin Shoesmith]] | |||
** [[Mark Shoesmith]] ?? | |||
** [[Adam Shoesmith]] (1972 - 2010) | |||
She lived in Winnipeg all her life until moving to North Vancouver in early 1969. | |||
On 5 July 1973 she died of breast cancer. By the end, the cancer had impacted her second breast, and she became depressed and overdosed. | |||
==Obituary== | ==Obituary== | ||
[[File:Flora-Heylar-Obituary.PNG|Winnipeg Free Press, 12 July 1973]] | [[File:Flora-Heylar-Obituary.PNG|Winnipeg Free Press, 12 July 1973]] | ||
==Sources== | |||
Winnipeg Free Press, 12 July 1973. | |||
[[Marilyn Hermiston]]'s personal notes. | |||
Latest revision as of 05:34, 31 January 2026
Flora Helyar (nee Currie) (1917 - 5 July 1973) was a housewife who lived most of her life in Winnipeg until she moved to North Vancouver in early 1969.
Early life
She was born to Alex Currie and Anna Snook in Port Arthur, Ontario.
Later life
She married Charles Helyar (1909 - 1993). They divorced sometime before 1950, when he remarried to Anna Vidal. Nevertheless she seems to have moved to Vancouver at the same time her ex-husband did, around 1967. Actually she moved 2 years after this.
She was mother to a son and two daughters, all of whom moved to North Vancouver:
- Lillias (born 1937, married Harrill Bjornson (1933-1922) on 24 November 1958, divorced in the 1960s or 70s)
- Neill W. Helyar (1938 - 1997, died of cancer, married Shirley))
- Susan (born February 1942, married Brian Shoesmith (1931-2012))
- Kevin Shoesmith
- Mark Shoesmith ??
- Adam Shoesmith (1972 - 2010)
She lived in Winnipeg all her life until moving to North Vancouver in early 1969.
On 5 July 1973 she died of breast cancer. By the end, the cancer had impacted her second breast, and she became depressed and overdosed.
Obituary
Sources
Winnipeg Free Press, 12 July 1973.
Marilyn Hermiston's personal notes.