Halstead/Halsted Family History

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HALSTEAD, Lawrence Henry

HALSTEAD, Lawrence Henry[1]

Male 1907 - 1963  (55 years)

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  • Name HALSTEAD, Lawrence Henry 
    Birth 22 Jul 1907  Colfax County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    _UID F3FD8B884E289A46B9C52E43A3A42B742E2F 
    _UID F3FD8B884E289A46B9C52E43A3A42B742E2F 
    Death 12 Feb 1963  Hawthorne, Los Angeles County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I39394  HalstedMaster
    Last Modified 13 Nov 2025 

    Father HALSTEAD, Clyde George,   b. 9 Jan 1879, Rogers, Colfax County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1938, Schuyler, Colfax County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Mother GLESS, Mary Catherine,   b. 19 Feb 1878, Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jul 1954, Schuyler, Colfax County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 8 Oct 1903  Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • dau of Andrew and Sophie [Hueter] Gless; who moved with daughter to Rogers, Nebraska, when "Katie" was seven years old. Clyde and Katie lived on the old Halstead homestead 6 1/2 miles north of Rogers and had six children.
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      The October 16 1903 issue of the Schulyer paper The Quill reports the following under Rogers News:
      On Thursday evening October 8 at pm at the home of the bride's Aunt Mrs Tucker in Davenport Iowa occurred the marriage of Clyde G. Halstead and Miss Katherine [sic]
      Gless The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs A Gless and until recently has resided here where she is known as a young lady of many accomplishments and who number her
      friends by the host The groom is the youngest son of Mr and Mrs O B Halstead and is a young man possessed of good character and sterling habits. After ten days visit with relatives and friends in Iowa Mr and Mrs Halstead will return to this place and be at home to their friends on the farm of Mr and Mrs O B Halstead in Dublin Their many friends unite in wishjing them a long and prosperous life
      *Mrs Annie Tucker was a sister to Sophia Huetter GLess and was the only member of the
      family living in Davenport Iowa at the time. [p.63] of "A family history of Andrew and Sophia (Huetter) Gless and their children : 1853-1996" by Elmer E. Gless, 1996 - 156 Parrot Castle Road, Whitehall, Montana 59759

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      A family history of Andrew and Sophia (Huetter) Gless and their children : 1853-1996

      to Omaha for sale at the stockyards. Andrew would feed the animals a combination of dry flour mixed in water just before they left the farm It was a common practice that would cause the Aninmals to drink a lot of water when they arrived at the stockyards and hence weigh more.

      After grain crops were introdused/eastablished in sufficient acreage a hiredman was employed and lived on the farm with the family During harvest season migrant baling and
      threshing crews were often hired and many brought their own equipment much like migrant
      grain combiners do today.

      Andrew had jersey cows for milking and herefords for beef Caroline remembered that the boys did all the outside wwoorrkk except milking the cows That was considered girls work.


      The family was up at five in the morning dinner was at noon and supper was at six in the evening. Their meals consisted of vegetables meat desert coffee and milk Caroline remembered seeing as many as six or eight hogs butchered and hanging in the shed.

      The girls had to trim the wiicks and clean the chimneys of the kerosene lamps one in every
      room The floors had to be scrubbed clean by noon Sophia was an excellent manager and
      supervised the girls with great patience All the girls had to have their hair braided [ no short
      hair and their daily change of dresses by noon There was no loud or backtalk and especiallu no questioning a command by either parent. The girls also did a lot of fishing in the Platte River It was not uncommon to catch walleye and sauger as well as catfish and carp. Andrew was especially fond of carp as it was a diet staple from the Rhine River in Europe

      By 1902 or 1903 it was a daily affair for Andrew to walk to Rogers and spend more and more
      time in a saloon leaving all ofhe farm work for the boys. Andrew seldom did any work on the farm at all. The hard work for the young men of the family in their teen years coupled with theirdomineering and abusive father created considerable discord. Several members of the family in later years told of how badly he treated Sophia when he was drinking and that the older boys would have to take him down and sit on him till he sobered up enough to go to sleep It has been reported that Charles Joseph ran away from home when he was 15 or 16 years old about 1897 or 98 The 1901 School Census has Louis Henry listed as a dependant
      with F G Halstead and in Rogers With Louis's name are the words from Buffalo, Iowa At that time he was 17 years old. F G Halstead was a local blacksmith and a brother to Clyde George Halstead who later married Katie Mary Catherine When in Blue Grass Iowa. p. 33
    Family ID F13367  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family KOORY, Madonna Valentine,   b. 14 Feb 1912, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jul 1977, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [1
    Marriage 22 Jul 1936  Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • daughter Anita Louise Halstead lists her mothers middle name as 'Valentine' in a 15 Jun 1983 Pedigree sheet. Updated data from a 2 Jan 2002 provides the name as "Madonna Valentine [Koory] Halstead, and marriage date as: "My parents (Madonna Valentine Halstead and Lawrence Henry Halstead) were married July 22, 1936, on my father’s birthday."
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
    Family ID F13390  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Nov 2025 

  • Sources 
    1. [S17614] File (merged): J:\JH-Family-History\Family-Historian7-Projects\Isaac-Halstead-1763\Isaac-Halstead-1763.fh_data\Isaac-Halstead-1763.ged, (OF NO USE - simply identifies for us when two Gedcom FIles have been merged).
      Record originated in...

    2. [S17615] "350 Years of Halsteads In America".

    3. [S17646] Marriage Anouncement.


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