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Havemeyer family

American family prominent in the sugar industry From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Havemeyer family is a prominent New York family of German origin that owned significant sugar refining interests in the United States.[1]

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William Havemeyer (1770-1851) left Germany at age 15 and arrived in New York City after learning the trade of sugar refining in London. In New York he managed a sugar house on Pine Street before opening his own refinery on Vandam Street with his brother, Frederick Christian Havemeyer, who had come to New York in 1802. Together the two brothers operated the W. & F.C. Havemeyer Company sugar refineries, before passing the business on to their sons.[2] His son William Frederick Havemeyer, retired from the sugar refining business in 1842 and entered politics, eventually serving three terms as Mayor of New York.[3][4]

In 1855, the family relocated their refineries to Brooklyn, where they remained as the business grew to acquire a commanding share of the United States sugar refining market under the leadership of Frederick's grandson, Henry Osborne Havemeyer. The Havemeyer refineries were incorporated as the American Sugar Refining Company in 1891 and became known as Domino Sugar in 1900.[5] In the 20th century several of the family's members made notable contributions to the arts. Henry Osborne Havemeyer and his wife Louisine Havemeyer made large bequests to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and their daughter Electra Havemeyer Webb founded the Shelburne Museum.[6][7]

Havemeyer Street in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn is named after the family.[8]

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Mayor William Frederick Havemeyer (1804-1874)
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  • William Havemeyer (1770-1851) ∞ Susannah Clegg (1781-1838)[9]
    • William Frederick Havemeyer (1804-1874) ∞ Sarah Agnes Craig (1807-1894)
      • John Craig Havemeyer (1832-1922)[10]
      • Charles William Havemeyer ∞ Julia Loomis [11]
      • Henry Havemeyer (1838-1886) ∞ Mary Moller[13]
      • Hector Craig Havemeyer (1840-1889)[15]
    • Anna Margaret Havemeyer (1806-1891) ∞ Charles Burkhalter (1804-1884)[16]
    • Albert Havemeyer (1814-1874) ∞ Henrietta Sherman (1818-1880)[18]
    • Amelia Susanna Havemeyer (1820-1859) ∞ Augustus Theodosius Geissenhainer (1814-1882)[22]
      • Anna Margaret Geissenhainer (1847-1893) ∞ George Goelet Kip (1845-1926)[23]
        • Charles Augustus Kip (1870-1940) ∞ Marie Gilmour Bryce (1878-1940)[24]
        • Elbert Samuel Kip (1874-1950) ∞ Alice Alden Bushnell (1872-1952) [25]
        • Anna Elizabeth Kip (1880-1918) ∞ A. Paul Olmsted (1882-1948)
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1912 Newspaper Article about the Havemeyers
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