Halstead/Halsted Family History
The Genealogy of those with the Halstead, Halsted and related surnames or given names
HALSTEAD, William Mills Jr.[1]
1825 - 1895 (69 years)
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Name HALSTEAD, William Mills Suffix Jr. Birth 30 Aug 1825 Elizabethtown, Essex County, New Jersey, USA 
[2, 3] Gender Male Occupation New York City, Queens County, New York, USA upper-level management, Halsted, Haines and Company. Occupation New York City, Queens County, New York, USA upper-level management, Halsted, Haines and Company. - Graduated with a B. A. at Williams College in 1846. Then became the head of the firm of Halsted, Haines and Company.
Became a member of the Board of Governors of the New York Hospital and Bloomingdale Asylum, Member of the Board of Trustees of the College of the City of New York, and Trustee of various charitable instutions. Founded the Commonwealth Fire Insurance Company.
Father of the world famous Johns Hopkins surgeon William Stewart Halsted. Source of this genealogy: The Family Tree Chart of William Steward Halsted included in the article "William Stewart Halsted - Surgeon" by William George MacCallum; Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press, 1930.
Residence 1850 Mercer County, New Jersey, USA Residence 1850 Mercer County, New Jersey, USA [4] _UID C45DFBA1E627F847880E700E3AD28D964CD4 _UID C45DFBA1E627F847880E700E3AD28D964CD4 Death 28 Feb 1895 New York City, Queens County, New York, USA [4] Person ID I43026 HalstedMaster Last Modified 13 Nov 2025
Father HALSTED, William Mills, b. 26 Jul 1788, Elizabethtown, Essex County, New Jersey, USA d. 20 Nov 1863, New York City, Queens County, New York, USA (Age 75 years) Mother JOHNSON, Sarah, b. 1790, New York, USA d. Apr 1862, New York City, Queens County, New York, USA (Age 72 years) Marriage 15 Jan 1810 New York City, Queens County, New York, USA Family ID F11833 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family HAINES, Mary Louisa, b. 10 Apr 1829, New York City, Queens County, New York, USA d. 17 Jan 1883, New York City, Queens County, New York, USA (Age 53 years) [1] Marriage 20 Feb 1851 Elizabethtown, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Children 1. HALSTEAD, Dr. William Stewart M.D., b. 23 Sep 1852, New York City, Queens County, New York, USA d. 7 Sep 1922, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA (Age 69 years)2. HALSTEAD, Richard Haines, b. 8 Mar 1854, New York City, Queens County, New York, USA d. 29 Apr 1925, New York City, Queens County, New York, USA (Age 71 years)3. HALSTEAD, Mary Louisa, b. 5 Jan 1857, New York City, Queens County, New York, USA d. 8 Jan 1941, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA (Age 84 years)4. HALSTEAD, Bertha, b. 1863, New York City, Queens County, New York, USA d. 25 Sep 1930, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA (Age 67 years)Family ID F14925 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Nov 2025
- Graduated with a B. A. at Williams College in 1846. Then became the head of the firm of Halsted, Haines and Company.
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Sources - [S17873] File (merged): I:\Halstead-Family-Historian-Others-Data\William-Halstead-3609\William-Halstead-3609.fh_data\William-Halstead-3609.ged, (OF NO USE - simply identifies for us when two Gedcom FIles have been merged).
Record originated in... - [S17876] "Descendants of Rebecca Ogden & Caleb Halsted.
- [S17786] "Halstead - An Outline Guide To The Descendants of.
- [S17884] "Hester Halstead Pier Ms 2000".
- [S17873] File (merged): I:\Halstead-Family-Historian-Others-Data\William-Halstead-3609\William-Halstead-3609.fh_data\William-Halstead-3609.ged, (OF NO USE - simply identifies for us when two Gedcom FIles have been merged).