Frederick Hellyer
Born 1822 (Circa)
Died 1906
Active: 1841 - 1901
Country of birth and death: England
Wood carver, ship's carver, gilder
Born in Portsea, Hampshire. He belonged to a family of wood carvers specialising in ship carvings, James Hellyer and Sons of London and Portsmouth. Among the known members of the business were his father, James Edward Hellyer Senior (1787-1872), his brother, James (1828-81) and his son, James Edward Hellyer Junior (1846-1914).
Hellyer and Sons exhibited a group of seventeen carved figures on a pedestal at the Great exhibition of 1851. The firm is described as 'designers' in the exhibition catalogue. It is presumed that the London side of the firm was primarily being run by the younger generation around 1850 because Frederick Hellyer and his brother, James, were living in Essex and therefore near the business address for Hellyer and Son. Whereas their father, James Edward Hellyer Senior, was based in Hampshire and seems to have worked as a carver for the Admiralty from about 1855-71. It is not clear how long Frederick and James worked together in London. Certainly by 1871 James was working back in Hampshire. Frederick died in Lewisham between July and September 1906.
Locations
Address Five Thorn Cottage Widley Fareham England | View on map
1841 (Circa)
Address Albion House Road Side Poplar England | View on map
1851 (Circa)
Address 3 Grove Cottages Church Road East Ham England | View on map
1861 (Circa)
Address 1 Wingrove Terrace Capworth Street Walthamstow England | View on map
1871 (Circa)
Address 22 Foxbury Road Deptford London England | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Address Lestelle London Road London England | View on map
1901
Institutional and Business Connections
Traded as Hellyer & Son
1851 (Circa) - 1901 (Circa)
He appears to have been the mainstay of the London side of the business between these dates
Personal and Professional Connections
Brother/sibling of James Hellyer
Daughter/son/child of James Edward Hellyer Snr
Mother/father/parent of James Edward Hellyer Jnr
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841
'Carver App[rentice]' as was his brother George (born c.1824)
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Carver &C' also his brother James's occupation
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Ship Carver'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Carver Contractor' and his son Arthur H. Hellyer (born c.1853), 'Carver'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Carver & Gilder'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Carver Etc. W. Carv[er]' employer
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841
2010
HO107 piece 390 folio 6/4 page 2
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2005
Class: HO107; Piece: 1556; Folio: 484; Page: 9; GSU roll: 174788-174789
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2005
Class: RG9; Piece: 1058; Folio: 23; Page: 1; GSU roll: 542744
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
Class: RG10; Piece: 1636; Folio: 164; Page: 49; GSU roll: 829940
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 715; Folio: 6; Page: 6; GSU roll: 1341167
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
Class: RG13; Piece: 558; Folio: 128; Page: 40
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Frederick Hellyer
Estimated birth year: abt 1821
Year of Registration: 1906
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death: 85
District: Lewisham
County: Greater London, Kent, London
Volume: 1d
Page: 662
Citing this record
'Frederick Hellyer', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=ann_1286848197, accessed 24 Sep 2023]
