Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Halstead, Robert August 10, 1836 - June 14, 1900
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
J. Orr orr@hawaii.com September 9, 2009, 2:34 pm

Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

ROBERT HALSTEAD, Pioneer Sugar Planter. Owner and manager of Waialua 
plantation, Oahu, for twenty-five years, the late Robert Halstead was a 
pioneer sugar planter of Hawaii and was one of the first men with the vision 
to realize the future importance of cane culture in the financial development 
of the islands. His death, on June 14, 1900, marked the passing of one of the 
most influential men in the business life of Hawaii at that time.
  Born in Todmoreden, Yorkshire, England, Aug. 10, 1836, Mr. Halstead brought 
his family to Hawaii in 1865, and for many years was a factor in the building 
of an industrial era responsible for the prosperous and highly developed 
Hawaii of today. Going first to Lahaina, Maui, Mr. Halstead spent seven years 
there as plantation manager for Campbell and Turten, a partnership formed by 
the late James Campbell, one of the outstanding figures in the early history 
of the sugar industry.
  Severing his connections with business interests in Hawaii early in 1873, 
Mr. Halstead removed to the Pacific Coast, but returned in 1874 to engage in a 
plantation venture at Waialua, forming the partnership of Halstead & Gordon. 
Upon the death of his associate, Mr. Halstead took over the entire business in 
1888 and it was continued as Halstead & Sons, Edgar and Frank Halstead joining 
their father. In 1891, Mr. Halstead retired from the firm and it was carried 
on by his sons under the name of Halstead Brothers. The Waialua plantation was 
succeeded by the Waialua Agricultural Co. in 1898, when the Halstead holdings 
were acquired.
  Retiring from all active business in 1898, Mr. Halstead continued his 
residence in Honolulu. He was a devoted supporter of St. Clement’s Church and 
was widely known in Masonic circles. He was survived by six children, Edgar 
(deceased), Frank, Norman, Emily, Mrs. W. O. Lackland and Mrs. R. H. Reid.


File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/bios/halstead28bs.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/hifiles/

File size: 2.6 Kb