Helen Place in the suburb of Halswell, Christchurch

Helen Place in Halswell and it is too new for the library website. I couldn’t find out who the street was named after. I looked at the council website plus Ancestry and Papers Past using the surnames Collier and Kearns. This street looks more established than some of the other streets in the area. The houses here were built between 2020 and 2023 but none stood out for me. What I did find unusual about this street was the end of the street. Most streets of this type have a curved end like a semi circle but this street had a square shape at the end of the street. Edited as I did find information on the council website. Helen McKenna (nee Thornton) is understood to have been John Miln’s second wife, and sister of his third wife Catherine. Found out more information about Helen and it is very sad. She was married very young to a man who had a drinking problem plus he was a bankrupt and he was also violent towards her. He died in 1879 and she married John Miln in 1880. She died in 1882 aged 29 and her son was only 12 months old.