Halstead Family History
Halstead Name Meaning
habitational name from any of the various places
bearing this name, for example in Essex (Haltesteda in Domesday
Book), Kent, and Leicestershire, all of which are probably named from
Old English h(e)ald ‘refuge’, ‘shelter’ + stede ‘site’,
or possibly Hawstead in Suffolk, which has the same origin. However,
the name is now most frequent in Lancashire and Yorkshire, where it is
from High Halstead in Burnley, named as the ‘site of a hall’, from Old
English h(e)all ‘hall’ + stede ‘place’.occupational name for someone employed at ‘the hall buildings’,
Middle English hallested, an ostler or cowhand, for instance.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Halstead
Name Distribution of Halstead Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Halstead families
 153 - 303  52 - 152 |
 1 - 51  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Halstead families
|
640 - 1,277 214 - 639 |
1 - 213 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Halstead families
|
6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Halstead census records
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Halstead Family Origin
Halstead Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Halstead
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Halstead Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Halstead census records
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Halstead Civil War Service Records
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