William Ralph Higgins

Name: William Ralph Higgins

Married: Edith Louisa "Dolly" Helmcken

Date: April 1889

Location: Victoria

Deceased: 1896

Edith Louisa "Dolly" Higgins (nee Helmcken)

Name: Edith Louisa "Dolly" Helmcken
Parents: Dr. J.S. & Cecilia Helmcken
Grandparents: Sir James & Lady Amelia Douglas
Born: 1862
Died: 1939
Married: William Ralph Higgins
Date: April 1889
Widowed: 1896
- After William's death Dolly Higgins moved in with her father, living in the newest part of the house, with her father living in the old log cabin section
- Dolly cared for her father until his death in 1920

(Above picture: Mr. & Mrs. William R. Higgins)
(Bottom picture: Harry Helmcken & his sister Dolly)

Hannah Jane Helmcken (nee Godwin)

Name: Mrs. Hannah Jane Godwin
Married: Henry Dallas "Harry" Helmcken
Date: August 1895
Location: Victoria, BC

Henry Dallas "Harry" Helmcken

Name: Henry Dallas "Harry" Helmcken
Parents: Dr. J.S. & Cecilia Helmcken
Grandparents: Sir James & Lady Douglas
Born: 1859
Died: 1912
Married: Mrs. Hannah Jane Godwin
Date: August 1895
Location: Victoria, BC
More information;
- attended the Nest Academy in Jedburgh Scotland and then went on to studies at the University of Edinburgh and London University
- decided to become a lawyer and received his legal education from Osgoode Hall in Toronto

Ethel Helmcken

Name: Ethel Margaret Mouat
Married: James Douglas Helmcken
Date: 1888
Location: Victoria, BC
Children:
-Cecilia Mary (1889-1973)
- Edith Helen Douglas (1892-1981)
- Ethel (1893-1976)
- John Sebastian (1896- ?)
- Ainslie James (1900-1987)

(Above picture: Ethel Margaret Mouat Helmcken is on the far right in the dark dress, holding her daughter Cecilia's hand.)

Dr. James Douglas Helmcken

Name: James Douglas Helmcken

Parents: Dr. J.S. & Cecilia Helmcken
Grandparents: Sir James & Lady Amelia Douglas
Born: 1858
Died: 1919
Married:
1)Name: Mary Halliday
Date: 1886
Deceased: 1887
2)Name: Ethel Margaret Mouat
Date: 1888
Children:
- Cecilia Mary (1889-1973)
- Edith Helen Douglas (1892-1981)
- Ethel (1893-1976)
- John Sebastian (1896- ?)
- Ainslie James (1900-1987)
James Douglas Helmcken Education;
- attended the Nest Academy at Jedburgh Scotland from 1871 and thence studied medicine at Edinburgh University
- completed his medical studies at Bellevue Medical College in New York before becoming a registered practitioner in British Columbia in 1886
(Above picture: James Douglas Helmcken in his youth)
(Bottom picture: James Douglas Helmcken in middle age)

George Archibald McTavish

Name: George Archibald "Archie" McTavish

Married: Catherine Amelia "Amy" Helmcken

Date: December 1877

Location: Victoria, BC

Children:

- John Archibald (1878 - 1929)

- Margaret Cecilia (1879 - 1964)

- Duncan Douglas (1881 - 1967)

- Claus Sebastian (1884 - 1962)

- Dorothy Olivia (1889 - 1972)

(Above picture: Archie is sitting in the center, with one of his children's arms resting on his leg)