The Havemeyer family is a prominent

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family of

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origin that owned significant sugar refining interests in the

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History

William Havemeyer (1770-1851) left

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at age 15 and arrived in

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after learning the trade of sugar refining in

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. 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. His son

William Frederick Havemeyer William Frederick Havemeyer (February 12, 1804 – November 30, 1874) was an American businessman and politician who served three times as mayor of New York City during the 19th century. Early years Havemeyer was born in New York City at No. 31 ...

, retired from the sugar refining business in 1842 and entered politics, eventually serving three terms as Mayor of New York. In 1855, the family relocated their refineries to

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, 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 Henry Osborne Havemeyer (October 18, 1847 – December 4, 1907) was an American industrialist, entrepreneur and sugar refiner who founded and became president of the American Sugar Refining Company in 1891. Havemeyer was the third generation of ...

. The Havemeyer refineries were incorporated as the

American Sugar Refining Company The American Sugar Refining Company (ASR) was the most significant American business unit in the sugar refining industry in the early 1900s. It had interests in Puerto Rico and other Caribbean locations and operated one of the world's largest s ...

in 1891 and became known as

Domino Sugar Domino Foods, Inc. (also known as DFI and formerly known as W. & F.C. Havemeyer Company, Havemeyer, Townsend & Co. Refinery, and Domino Sugar) is a privately held sugar marketing and sales company based in Yonkers, New York, United States, tha ...

in 1900. In the 20th century several of the family's members made notable contributions to the arts.

and his wife

Louisine Havemeyer Louisine Waldron Elder Havemeyer (July 28, 1855 – January 6, 1929) was an art collector, feminist, and philanthropist. In addition to being a patron of impressionist art, she was one of the more prominent contributors to the suffrage movement ...

made large bequests to the

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and their daughter

Electra Havemeyer Webb Electra Havemeyer Webb (August 16, 1888 – November 19, 1960) was a collector of American antiques and founder of the Shelburne Museum. Early life Electra Havemeyer was born on August 16, 1888. She was the youngest child of Henry Osborne Hav ...

founded the

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

Family tree

* William Havemeyer (1770-1851) ∞ Susannah Clegg (1781-1838) **

(1804-1874) ∞ Sarah Agnes Craig (1807-1894) *** John Craig Havemeyer (1832-1922) *** Charles William Havemeyer ∞ Julia Loomis ****

Loomis Havemeyer Loomis Havemeyer (June 7, 1886 – August 14, 1971) was a professor and administrator at Yale University who published books on anthropology and Yale. Havemeyer was born in Rye, New York but spent most of his childhood in Hartford, Connecticut af ...

(1886-1971) **** Julia Loomis Havemeyer *** Henry Havemeyer (1838-1886) ∞ Mary Moller **** William Moller Havemeyer (1865-1900) ∞

Clara Bloodgood Clara Bloodgood (née Sutton Stephens; August 28, 1868 – December 5, 1907) was an American socialite who became a successful Broadway stage actress. Early life Clara Sutton Stephens was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, the daughter of Edward ...

*** Hector Craig Havemeyer (1840-1889) ** Anna Margaret Havemeyer (1806-1891) ∞ Charles Burkhalter (1804-1884) *** Susan Havemeyer Burkhalter ∞

Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer (August 28, 1839 – July 20, 1917) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for three terms from ...

(1839-1917) ** Albert Havemeyer (1814-1874) ∞ Henrietta Sherman (1818-1880) *** Anne Amelia Havemeyer (1850 - 1934) ∞ Norris Woodruff Mundy (1845-1918) **** Norris Havemeyer Mundy (1874-1943) *** William Albert Havemeyer (1843-1903) *** Henrietta Sherman Havemeyer (1854-1928) ∞

Charles Waldo Haskins Charles Waldo Haskins (January 11, 1852 – January 9, 1903) was an American accountant, and co-founder of the accounting firm Haskins and Sells, a predecessor to Deloitte. Biography Charles Waldo Haskins was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 185 ...

(1852-1903) **** Noël Haskins (1896-1982) ∞

Frederic Timothy Murphy Frederic Timothy Murphy (September 4, 1884 – May 23, 1924) was the heir of a wealthy Bostonian family who served during World War I in France and at the Battle of the Somme, was decorated with the Cross of the Legion of Honor, and died few ye ...

(1884-1924) ** Amelia Susanna Havemeyer (1820-1859) ∞ Augustus Theodosius Geissenhainer (1814-1882) *** Anna Margaret Geissenhainer (1847-1893) ∞

George Goelet Kip George Goelet Kip (January 15, 1845 – June 27, 1926) was a New York lawyer, heir and member of the Goelet family during the Gilded Age. Early life Kip was born on January 15, 1845, in New York City. He was the son of Elbert Samuel Kip (1799– ...

(1845-1926) **** Charles Augustus Kip (1870-1940) ∞ Marie Gilmour Bryce (1878-1940) ****Elbert Samuel Kip (1874-1950) ∞ Alice Alden Bushnell (1872-1952) **** Anna Elizabeth Kip (1880-1918) ∞ A. Paul Olmsted (1882-1948) 1912 Newspaper Article about the Havemeyers

1912 Newspaper Article about the Havemeyers

* Frederick Christian Havemeyer (1774-1841) ∞ Catharine Billiger (1784-1876) ** Frederick Christian Havemeyer (1807-1891) ∞ Sarah Louise Osborne Henderson (1812-1851) ***

Theodore Havemeyer Theodore Augustus Havemeyer (May 17, 1839 – April 26, 1897) was an American businessman who was the first president of the U.S. Golf Association and co-founder of the Newport Country Club, host to both the first U.S. Amateur and the first U.S. ...

(1839-1897) ∞ Emily de Loosey (1844–1914) ****

Charles Frederick Havemeyer Charles Frederick Havemeyer (March 1867 – May 9, 1898) was an American socialite who was prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age. Early life Havemeyer was born in March 1867 and was known as "Carley". He was the eldest boy of nine ...

(1867-1898) ∞ Camilla Woodward Moss (1869-1934) ****

Arthur Havemeyer Arthur Havemeyer (March 8, 1882 – November 17, 1955) was an American amateur golfer. He competed in the men's individual event at the 1904 Summer Olympics. Information Havemeyer was the grandson of William Frederick Havemeyer, who was the ...

(1882–1955) **** Theodora Havemeyer (1878-1945) ∞

Cameron Winslow Cameron McRae Winslow (July 29, 1854 – January 2, 1932) served in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War and World War I. He was a son of Commander Francis Winslow (I) (1818–1862), who fought in the Civil War and died of ye ...

(1854-1932) ***

(1847-1907) ∞ Louisine Waldron Elder (1855-1929) **** Adaline Havemeyer (1884-1963) ∞ Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen ***** Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (1916-2011) ******

Rodney Frelinghuysen Rodney Procter Frelinghuysen (born April 29, 1946) is an American former politician and lobbyist who served as the U.S. representative for from 1995 to 2019. The district includes most of Morris County, an affluent suburban county west of New ...

(1946- ) **** Horace Havemeyer (1886-1956) ∞ Doris Anna Dick (1890-1982) ***** Horace Havemeyer Jr. (c. 1915–1990) ∞ Rosalind Everdell (1917–2017) ****** Horace Havemeyer III (1942–2014) ∞ Eugenie Cowan ****** Rosalind Havemeyer ∞ Christopher du Pont Roosevelt (b. 1941; son of F.D.R. Jr.) **** Electra Havemeyer (1888–1960) ∞

James Watson Webb II James Watson Webb II (known as James Sr.) (July 1, 1884 – March 4, 1960) was an American polo champion and insurance executive. He was a grandson of William Henry Vanderbilt and James Watson Webb. Early life Webb was born on July 1, 1884, in B ...

(1884–1960) ***** James Watson Webb, Jr. (1916–2000) ** Mary Rosina Havemeyer (1812-1885) ∞ John Isaiah Northrop *** John Isaiah Northrop (1861-1891) ∞ Alice Belle Rich (1863-1922) ****

John Howard Northrop John Howard Northrop (July 5, 1891 – May 27, 1987) was an American biochemist who, with James Batcheller Sumner and Wendell Meredith Stanley, won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The award was given for these scientists' isolation, crys ...

(1891-1987) ∞ Louise Walker ***** Alice Havemeyer Northrop (1921-2016) ∞

Frederick Chapman Robbins Frederick Chapman Robbins (August 25, 1916 – August 4, 2003) was an American pediatrician and virologist. He was born in Auburn, Alabama, and grew up in Columbia, Missouri, attending David H. Hickman High School. He received the Nobel Prize in ...

(1916-2003)

External links

The Havemeyer Tiffany Collection
at the

University of Michigan Museum of Art The University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) is one of the largest university art museums in the United States, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with . Built as a war memorial in 1909 for the university's fallen alumni from the Civil War, Alu ...

Resource: The Havemeyer House
at the University of Michigan Museum of Art

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