William Helliwell was born in Yorkshire, England and was the son of Thomas and Mally (Horsefall) Helliwell. He began working in cotton mills at age eight while going to school. In 1869, at age 20, he came to Minnesota, USA with three Nuttal brothers.
He married their sister, Evina Nuttal, in July 1870. They had the following eight children: Frank, Ernest, Clara (Daughterty), Barton, Sidney, Albert, Ruth and Lena (Hartley).
William worked in railroad construction for about four years in Minnesota. With this money he purchased 80 acres of land in McLeod County, MN, one mile from Winstead. They raised hogs, timbered, tapped for maple sugar, harvested wild cranberries, hayed marsh grass, raised corn and wheat, and hunted mink muskrat and raccoons. They skated to school on the adjoining lake. In 1893 the family, by train, to Yoncalla, Oregon, purchasing property and living the rest of his life in that area.
William was a Republican and served on the Yoncalla town council and school board. He belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and was an elder in the Presbyterian church.
Source: The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912, V. 4 by Joseph Gaston and George H. Himes; Pat Glenn Hagood; notes from Helen Glenn.
He married their sister, Evina Nuttal, in July 1870. They had the following eight children: Frank, Ernest, Clara (Daughterty), Barton, Sidney, Albert, Ruth and Lena (Hartley).
William worked in railroad construction for about four years in Minnesota. With this money he purchased 80 acres of land in McLeod County, MN, one mile from Winstead. They raised hogs, timbered, tapped for maple sugar, harvested wild cranberries, hayed marsh grass, raised corn and wheat, and hunted mink muskrat and raccoons. They skated to school on the adjoining lake. In 1893 the family, by train, to Yoncalla, Oregon, purchasing property and living the rest of his life in that area.
William was a Republican and served on the Yoncalla town council and school board. He belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and was an elder in the Presbyterian church.
Source: The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912, V. 4 by Joseph Gaston and George H. Himes; Pat Glenn Hagood; notes from Helen Glenn.
William Helliwell was born in Yorkshire, England and was the son of Thomas and Mally (Horsefall) Helliwell. He began working in cotton mills at age eight while going to school. In 1869, at age 20, he came to Minnesota, USA with three Nuttal brothers.
He married their sister, Evina Nuttal, in July 1870. They had the following eight children: Frank, Ernest, Clara (Daughterty), Barton, Sidney, Albert, Ruth and Lena (Hartley).
William worked in railroad construction for about four years in Minnesota. With this money he purchased 80 acres of land in McLeod County, MN, one mile from Winstead. They raised hogs, timbered, tapped for maple sugar, harvested wild cranberries, hayed marsh grass, raised corn and wheat, and hunted mink muskrat and raccoons. They skated to school on the adjoining lake. In 1893 the family, by train, to Yoncalla, Oregon, purchasing property and living the rest of his life in that area.
William was a Republican and served on the Yoncalla town council and school board. He belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and was an elder in the Presbyterian church.
Source: The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912, V. 4 by Joseph Gaston and George H. Himes; Pat Glenn Hagood; notes from Helen Glenn.
He married their sister, Evina Nuttal, in July 1870. They had the following eight children: Frank, Ernest, Clara (Daughterty), Barton, Sidney, Albert, Ruth and Lena (Hartley).
William worked in railroad construction for about four years in Minnesota. With this money he purchased 80 acres of land in McLeod County, MN, one mile from Winstead. They raised hogs, timbered, tapped for maple sugar, harvested wild cranberries, hayed marsh grass, raised corn and wheat, and hunted mink muskrat and raccoons. They skated to school on the adjoining lake. In 1893 the family, by train, to Yoncalla, Oregon, purchasing property and living the rest of his life in that area.
William was a Republican and served on the Yoncalla town council and school board. He belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and was an elder in the Presbyterian church.
Source: The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912, V. 4 by Joseph Gaston and George H. Himes; Pat Glenn Hagood; notes from Helen Glenn.
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