HALSTEAD, Robert

1824 - 1873  (49 years)

• Name	HALSTEAD, Robert
  Birth	17 Oct 1824	Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England
  Baptism	5 Apr 1825	St Thomas, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Ω Emigration Emigrant	28 May 1831	London, England
  Ω Emigration Emigrant	28 May 1831	London, England   [2]
  	Witness Role: Principal: John HALSTEAD
  Ω Immigration Immigrant	15 Nov 1831	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
  Ω Immigration Immigrant	15 Nov 1831	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia   [2]
  	Witness Role: Principal: John HALSTEAD
  Ω Marriage Witness	2 Nov 1844	St George, Sorell, Tasmania, Australia
  Ω Marriage Witness	2 Nov 1844	St George, Sorell, Tasmania, Australia   [3]
  	Witness Role: Principal: Family of Robert Crocker JENKINS & Anne HALSTEAD
  Ω Marriage Witness	27 Oct 1849	St John Church, Richmond, Tasmania, Australia
  Ω Marriage Witness	27 Oct 1849	St John Church, Richmond, Tasmania, Australia   [3]
  	The marriage was according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Catholic Church and was witnessed by Robert HALSTEAD and Sarah Ann HALSTEAD Witness Role: Principal: Family of Thomas CONNELL & Grace Morley HALSTEAD
  Death	20 Nov 1873	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
  Newspaper Article	25 Nov 1873	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
  	Cornwall Advertiser (Launceston, Tas. : 1870 - 1877) page 2
  Newspaper Article	25 Nov 1873	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia   [4]
  	Cornwall Advertiser (Launceston, Tas. : 1870 - 1877) page 2
  	SUDDEN DEATH An inquest was held at Sidbury, St. Leonards, on Saturday, before Thomas Mason, Esq, Coroner, and a jury of seven, to enquire into the cause of death of Mr Robert Halsleud, who expired suddenly on Thursday last. Eleanor Halstead deposed that the deceased was her husband, and that on Thursday last as he was sitting at the table eating his dinner, the spoon fell from his hands and he said " oh ! oh ! " He appeared to be fainting, and witness ran round, put her arm round him and threw some water in his face. He never spoke again, and made but one slight movement, though a looking glass placed to his mouth showed breath for half an hour afterwards. Deceased had been suffering from asthma for some years but was no worse than usual that day, neither had be complained of any illness on that day; he had been engaged in his usual employment till dinner time. William Shaw deposed to having been sent for on the day in question by Mrs Halstead, he being the nearest neighbour, and to finding deceased in the condition described by last witness ; he then rode off for Dr. Mason. Dr. Mason deposed that he arrived at Sidbury about a quarter past 2 o'clock on Thursday last, and found the deceased, Robert Halstead, lying on a couch dead, but quite warm. Witness examined the body externally, and was of opinion that the deceased died from natural causes, and that there was no ground for thinking that he died from any other cause, but in the absence of a post mortem examination, he (Dr. Mason) could not say what the immediate disease was that occasioned death. He did not consider that there was any occasion whatever for a post mortem examination. He had attended deceased three years ago for an attack of suffocative bronchitis, and had prescribed for him on several occasions since for the same complaint. Death could not have arisen from his asthmatic complaint, and most probably proceeded from some earlier affection. Witness examined .the throat to see if there was any foreign substance there, from the result of eating, but there was none. The jury returned a verdict of "death from natural causes."
  Person ID	I33246	HalstedMaster
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	HALSTEAD, John,   b. 1795, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England d. 23 Dec 1863, Sorell, Tasmania, Australia (Age 68 years)
  Mother	MORLEY, Betty,   b. 1800, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England d. 15 Jan 1868, Tasmania, Australia (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	14 Nov 1819	St Thomas, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England   [5]
  	The marriage was witnessed by John UTTLEY and John CHARNACH
  Family ID	F10573	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MACMICHAEL, Eleanor Dinah,   b. 7 Oct 1834, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia d. 18 Apr 1920, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	24 Jul 1861	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia   [3]
  Children	1. HALSTEAD, Elizabeth Dinah,   b. 16 Nov 1862, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia d. 18 Dec 1928, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (Age 66 years)   2. HALSTEAD, Eleanor,   b. 28 Oct 1863, Morven, Tasmania, Australia d. 7 Mar 1945, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (Age 81 years)   3. HALSTEAD, Amy Edith,   b. 1865, Tasmania, Australia d. 23 Aug 1948, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (Age 83 years)   4. HALSTEAD, Florence Sarah,   b. 29 Oct 1866, Tasmania, Australia d. 23 Jun 1933, Tasmania, Australia (Age 66 years)   5. HALSTEAD, Grace Isobel,   b. 5 May 1868, Sorell, Tasmania, Australia d. 16 Apr 1962, Mrs Timms Rest Home, Bellerive, Tasmania, Australia (Age 93 years)   6. HALSTEAD, Mary Constance,   b. 23 Jun 1871, Longford, Tasmania, Australia d. 6 Feb 1959, Copping, Tasmania, Australia (Age 87 years)   7. HALSTEAD, Robert William,   b. 15 Aug 1872, St Leonard, Tasmania, Australia d. 6 Jul 1874, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F10579	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S10737] Ancestry Parish Records, (This source covers all parish records available via the Ancestry website: https://www.ancestry.co.uk whether it be baptism, marriage or burial. Not all will have images but the source should point to the correct record set), 16. West Yorkshire baptisms [S9946] Australian Newspaper Archive, (Website: https://trove.nla.gov.au/), Independent (Launceston, Tas. : 1831 - 1835), Saturday 19 November 1831, page 2, 9960. [S9974] Findmypast Website, (Website: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/), 36. Tasmania Marriages 1803-1899 [S9946] Australian Newspaper Archive, (Website: https://trove.nla.gov.au/), Cornwall Advertiser (Launceston, Tas. : 1870 - 1877), Tuesday 25 November 1873, page 2, 9960. [S5868] Marriage certificate held - 1754-1837, (We hold a copy of the parish marriage register entry 1754-1837. If you require a copy please contact us. They are not available on our site due to the number and overall size), 7.