John Heelis

• Born : 1833
• Baptism : 21 June 1833 at St Peter’s Church Manchester
• Married : 28 January 1874 Mary Anne Edwards daughter of Rev Richardson Cox, at Tickenhall Derbyshire
• Died : 23 December 1896
• Funeral : St James Church Hope prior to interment at Southern Cemetery

 The eldest son of Stephen Heelis and his wife Ann, John Heelis was born in 1833. His father, Stephen Heelis, was an attorney and partner in Slater and Heelis, solicitors. He was an active politician on the Conservative side, and for many years a leading member of the Salford Corporation. During the second year of his mayoralty Salford received two royal visits, on one of which he was offered the honour of a knighthood, but which he declined from private considerations. He was one of the founders of the Law Association, of which he was president in 1843, and again in 1867. In 1874 John Heelis was elected representative of St Thomas’s Ward in the Salford Council. Magistrate for the Borough of Salford.

Address
1863-1881 : John Heelis land agent and surveyor 37 Cross Street, Manchester

Residence
1863 : Halton Bank Pendleton
1876 : Beechhurst Eccles Old Road Hope Pendleton
1886-1891 : 26 Seedley Road Pendleton
1896 :  Broom Cottage Eccles Old Road Pendleton