HALSTEAD, Walter James

1864 - 1927  (62 years)

• Name	HALSTEAD, Walter James
  Birth	29 Apr 1864	Oamaru, Otago, Canterbury, New Zealand   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Apr 1927	Merivale; Pleasant Poinit, Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand   [2]
  Newspaper Article	19 Apr 1927	Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
  	Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII
  Newspaper Article	19 Apr 1927	Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand   [3]
  	Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII
  	HALSTEAD—On April 18th at “Merivale,” Pleasant Point, Walter James, beloved husband of Eliza Ann Halstead, and second son of the late William and Mary Halstead ; aged 64 years. Result of an accident.
  Person ID	I25470	HalstedMaster
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	HALSTEAD, William,   b. 1837, Barkisland, Yorkshire, England d. 17 Mar 1919, a private hospital, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand (Age 82 years)
  Mother	METCALFE, Mary,   b. 1833, Yorkshire, England d. 1896, New Zealand (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	6 Aug 1859	New Church; Square Road Independent, Halifax, Yorkshire, England   [4, 5]
  	married in the New Church, Square Road, according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Independents, by Licence. The marriage was witnesses by John HALLIWELL and Mary SKELTON.
  Family ID	F10785	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BUTLER, Eliza Ann,   b. 1864   d. 1947, New Zealand (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	2 Jul 1890	Pleasant Point, Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
  Children	1. HALSTEAD, Decima Metcalfe,   b. 1891, Pleasant Point, Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 1903, Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 12 years)   2. HALSTEAD, Walter Arland,   b. 1893, Pleasant Point, Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 24 Jun 1893, Pleasant Point, Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 0 years)   3. HALSTEAD, Charles Cecil,   b. 1894, Pleasant Point, Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 10 Feb 1918, Polygon Wood, Belgium (Age 24 years)   4. HALSTEAD, George Leslie,   b. 1897, Pleasant Point, Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 1899, Pleasant Point, Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 2 years)   5. HALSTEAD, Olive Eliza Gladys,   b. 1904, Pleasant Point, Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
  Family ID	F7619	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S9944] Website: New Zealand Births, Marriage and Death, 9958. 1864 Ref 1864/19131 [S10405] Website: New Zealand Newspaper Archive, (Website: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/), 10417. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 19 April 1927 [S10405] Website: New Zealand Newspaper Archive, (Website: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/), Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 19 April 1927, 10417. [S5524] Certificate Marriage held, (We hold a copy of the marriage certificate for all of these. If you require a copy please contact us. They are not available on our site due to the number and overall size), 5. [S78] GRO Marriages Indexes, (Available on many websites - This covers all Marriage registrations in England and Wales from July 1837. To obtain copies of certificates see https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/), 2. Q3 1859 - Ref 9a 582 - Halifax