{{Short description|American family prominent in the sugar industry}} {{Infobox family | name = Havemeyer family | other_names = Hövemeyer | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | meaning = | founded = {{ubl|1785, Arrival in [[New York City]]|{{Time ago|1785}}}} | founder = William Havemeyer | motto = | region = [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | origin = [[Lower Saxony]], Germany | otherfamilies = [[Vanderbilt family]]<br>[[Frelinghuysen family]]<br>[[Goelet family]]<br>[[Roosevelt family]] }}

The '''Havemeyer family''' is a prominent [[New York (state)|New York]] family of [[Germany|German]] origin that owned significant sugar refining interests in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sugar and Columbia University|url=https://slaveryexhibits.ctl.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/sugarcolumbia |website=Columbia University|access-date=11 July 2018|language=en}}</ref>

==Background== The Havemeyer family traces their origin to [[Bückeburg]], [[Schaumburg-Lippe]] (presently [[Lower Saxony]], Germany) in the late 17th century. The name was originally spelled ''Hövemeyer'' in German and was later anglicized to ''Havemeyer'' respectively ''Hoevemeyer'' upon the arrival of the family in the U.S. in 1785.

William Havemeyer ([[né]] Hövemeyer; 1770–1851), the progenitor of the family in the U.S., arrived in New York City aged 15 in 1785 after learning the trade of [[Sugar refinery|sugar refining]] in London, United Kingdom. He was the son of Dietrich Hövemeyer and Elenore Charlotte Hövemeyer (née Hausherr). In New York, he managed a sugar house on Pine Street, before opening his own refinery on [[Vandam Street (Manhattan)|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.<ref>{{cite book|title=Life, Letters and Addresses of John Craig Havemeyer|url=https://archive.org/details/lifelettersanda00havegoog|access-date=9 July 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Business World, Volume 2|year = 1907|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HnsiAQAAIAAJ&q=William+Frederick+Havemeyer&pg=PA1217|access-date=9 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Charles F. Chandler, The Havemeyer Family, And New York City Politics|url=https://slaveryexhibits.ctl.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/sugarcolumbia/chandlerhavemeyernyc|website=Columbia University|access-date=July 11, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Diamond|first1=Anna|title=These Photos of the Abandoned Domino Sugar Refinery Document Its Sticky History|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/photos-abandoned-domino-sugar-refinery-document-sticky-history-180967578/|website=Smithsonian|access-date=March 19, 2018|language=en}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Who Were the Havemeyers?|url=https://www.brownstoner.com/history/who-were-the-ha/|website=Brownstoner|date=September 19, 2007|access-date=July 11, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/Splendid_Legacy_The_Havemeyer_Collection|website=Metropolitan Museum of Art|access-date=July 11, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

Havemeyer Street in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn is named after the family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://greenpointers.com/2019/01/25/where-do-the-names-of-williamsburg-streets-come-from/|title=Where do the Names of Williamsburg Streets Come From?|date=January 25, 2019}}</ref> [[File:William Frederick Havemeyer.jpg|thumb|Mayor [[William Frederick Havemeyer]] (1804-1874)]]

==Family tree== {{Tree list}} * William Havemeyer (1770-1851) ∞ Susannah Clegg (1781-1838)<ref>{{cite book|title=Life, Letters and Addresses of John Craig Havemeyer|url=https://archive.org/details/lifelettersanda00havegoog|access-date=July 9, 2018}}</ref> ** [[William Frederick Havemeyer]] (1804-1874) ∞ Sarah Agnes Craig (1807-1894) *** John Craig Havemeyer (1832-1922)<ref>{{cite news|title=John C. Havemeyer Dead in 90th Year|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/06/09/99029004.html|access-date=July 9, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 9, 1922}}</ref> *** Charles William Havemeyer ∞ Julia Loomis <ref>{{cite book|title=The World Almanac and Book of Facts|year = 1908|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Av1GAQAAMAAJ&q=charles+w+havemeyer+julia+loomis&pg=PA476|access-date=July 9, 2018}}</ref> **** [[Loomis Havemeyer]] (1886-1971)<ref>{{cite news|title=Dr. Loomis Havemeyer Dead|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/08/16/archives/dr-loomis-havemeyer-died-on-yale-staff-over-50.html|access-date=July 9, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 16, 1971}}</ref> **** {{Tree list/final branch}} Julia Loomis Havemeyer *** Henry Havemeyer (1838-1886) ∞ Mary Moller<ref>{{cite news|title=Obituary 1|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1890/03/11/103233146.html?pageNumber=8|access-date=July 9, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 3, 1886}}</ref> **** {{Tree list/final branch}} William Moller Havemeyer (1865-1900) ∞ [[Clara Bloodgood]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Death List of a Day|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/02/09/102423510.html?pageNumber=7|access-date=July 9, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 9, 1900}}</ref> *** {{Tree list/final branch}} Hector Craig Havemeyer (1840-1889)<ref>{{cite news|title=H.C Havemeyer's Will|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1890/03/11/103233146.html?pageNumber=8|access-date=July 9, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 11, 1890}}</ref> ** Anna Margaret Havemeyer (1806-1891) ∞ Charles Burkhalter (1804-1884)<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mzQPAQAAMAAJ&q=anna+havemeyer+burkhalter&pg=PA167|access-date=July 9, 2018|last1 = Roberts|first1 = Charles Rhoads|last2 = Stoudt|first2 = John Baer|last3 = Krick|first3 = Thomas H.|last4 = Dietrich|first4 = William Joseph|year = 1914}}</ref> *** {{Tree list/final branch}} Susan Havemeyer Burkhalter ∞ [[Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer]] (1839-1917) <ref>{{cite book|title=Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f8sxgV8qAa4C&q=susan+burkhalter+geissenhainer&pg=PA793|access-date=9 July 2018|last1 = Fraternity|first1 = Zeta Psi|year = 1900}}</ref> ** Albert Havemeyer (1814-1874) ∞ Henrietta Sherman (1818-1880)<ref>{{cite news|title=The Death of Albert Havemeyer|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1874/08/23/79228691.html?pageNumber=8|access-date=July 9, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 23, 1874}}</ref> *** Anne Amelia Havemeyer (1850 - 1934) ∞ Norris Woodruff Mundy (1845-1918) ****{{Tree list/final branch}} Norris Havemeyer Mundy (1874-1943)<ref>{{cite news|title=Norris H. Mundy|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1943/01/06/87407112.html?action=click&contentCollection=Archives&module=LedeAsset&region=ArchiveBody&pgtype=article&pageNumber=25|access-date=July 9, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 6, 1943}}</ref> *** William Albert Havemeyer (1843-1903)<ref>{{cite news|title=The Death List of a Day|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/06/30/102010833.html|access-date=July 9, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 30, 1903}}</ref> *** Henrietta Sherman Havemeyer (1854-1928) ∞ [[Charles Waldo Haskins]] (1852-1903) ****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Noël Haskins Murphy|Noël Haskins]] (1896-1982) ∞ [[Frederic Timothy Murphy]] (1884-1924)<ref>{{cite book|title=Gen?t: A Biography of Janet Flanner|isbn = 0803297408|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LvDooWQ3c_sC&q=henrietta+havemeyer+haskins&pg=PA117|access-date=July 9, 2018|last1 = Wineapple|first1 = Brenda|date = January 1992| publisher=U of Nebraska Press }}</ref> ** Amelia Susanna Havemeyer (1820-1859) ∞ Augustus Theodosius Geissenhainer (1814-1882)<ref>{{cite news|title=Death of a Well-Known Lutheran Clergyman|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/45558907|access-date=May 3, 2018|work=The Reading Times|date=March 6, 1882}}</ref> ***{{Tree list/final branch}} Anna Margaret Geissenhainer (1847-1893) ∞ [[George Goelet Kip]] (1845-1926)<ref>{{cite news|title=Society At Home and Abroad|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1906/04/08/101773393.html?pageNumber=45|access-date=26 February 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 8, 1906}}</ref> **** Charles Augustus Kip (1870-1940) ∞ Marie Gilmour Bryce (1878-1940)<ref>{{cite news|title=Society Enjoys Autumnal Season in the Country|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/09/21/issue.html|access-date=March 19, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 21, 1913}}</ref> ****Elbert Samuel Kip (1874-1950) ∞ Alice Alden Bushnell (1872-1952) <ref>{{cite news|title=Kip-Bushnell|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1899/06/29/102082823.html?pageNumber=7|access-date=February 26, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 29, 1899}}</ref> ****{{Tree list/final branch}} Anna Elizabeth Kip (1880-1918) ∞ A. Paul Olmsted (1882-1948) [[File:1912 Newspaper Article about the Havemeyers.png|400px|thumb|1912 Newspaper Article about the Havemeyers]] *{{Tree list/final branch}} Frederick Christian Havemeyer (1774-1841) ∞ Catharine Billiger (1784-1876)<ref>{{cite book|title=Life, Letters and Addresses of John Craig Havemeyer|url=https://archive.org/details/lifelettersanda00havegoog|access-date=July 9, 2018}}</ref> ** Frederick Christian Havemeyer (1807-1891) ∞ Sarah Louise Osborne Henderson (1812-1851)<ref>{{cite book|title=The World Almanac and Book of Facts|year = 1914|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-GQ3AAAAMAAJ&q=frederick+christian+havemeyer&pg=PA660|access-date=July 9, 2018}}</ref> *** [[Theodore Havemeyer]] (1839-1897) ∞ Emily de Loosey (1844–1914)<ref>{{cite news|title=DEATH OF T. A. HAVEMEYER; Vice President of the American Sugar Refining Company and a Man of Large Affairs. WAS BAPTIZED WHEN DYING Called for a Priest and Was Received into the Catholic Church -- To be Buried from the Cathedral -- His Notable Career.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E0CE2DC143DE633A25754C2A9629C94669ED7CF&legacy=true|access-date=August 18, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 27, 1897}}</ref> **** [[Charles Frederick Havemeyer]] (1867-1898) ∞ Camilla Woodward Moss (1869-1934)<ref>{{cite news|title=Death of C.F. Havemeyer|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1898/05/11/102525208.html?pageNumber=7 |access-date=July 9, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 11, 1898}}</ref> **** [[Arthur Havemeyer]] (1882–1955) **** {{Tree list/final branch}} Theodora Havemeyer (1878-1945) ∞ [[Cameron Winslow]] (1854-1932) ***{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Henry Osborne Havemeyer]] (1847-1907) ∞ [[Louisine Havemeyer|Louisine Waldron Elder]] (1855-1929) **** Adaline Havemeyer (1884-1963) ∞ [[Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen|Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen]] ***** {{Tree list/final branch}} [[Peter Frelinghuysen Jr.]] (1916-2011) ****** {{Tree list/final branch}} [[Rodney Frelinghuysen]] (1946- )<ref>{{cite news|title=Adaline Havemeyer Frelinghuysen Is Bride of William Blair Meyer Jr.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/09/11/archives/adaline-havemeyer-frelinghuysen-is-bride-of-william-blair-meyer-jr.html |access-date=July 9, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 11, 1977}}</ref> **** Horace Havemeyer (1886-1956) ∞ Doris Anna Dick (1890-1982)<ref>{{cite news|title=Mrs. Horace Havemeyer|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1982/09/22/167493.html|access-date=February 26, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 22, 1982}}</ref> ***** {{Tree list/final branch}} Horace Havemeyer Jr. (c. 1915–1990) ∞ Rosalind Everdell (1917–2017)<ref name="HHObit1990">{{cite news |title=Horace Havemeyer, 75, Ex-Head Of National Sugar Refining, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/12/obituaries/horace-havemeyer-75-ex-head-of-national-sugar-refining-dies.html |access-date=February 19, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 12, 1990}}</ref> ****** Horace Havemeyer III (1942–2014) ∞ [[Metropolis (architecture magazine)|Eugenie Cowan]]<ref name="HH3rd2014">{{cite news |title=Horace Havemeyer III, 1942-2014 |url=https://archpaper.com/2014/04/horace-havemeyer-iii-1942-2014/ |access-date=February 19, 2019 |work=[[The Architect's Newspaper]] |date=April 22, 2014}}</ref> ****** {{Tree list/final branch}}Rosalind Havemeyer ∞ Christopher du Pont Roosevelt (b. 1941; son of [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.|F.D.R. Jr.]])<ref name="1964Engagement">{{cite news |title=Christopher du Pont Roosevelt Fiance of Rosalind Havemeyer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/12/20/archives/christopher-du-pont-roosevelt-fiance-of-rosalind-havemeyer.html |access-date=February 19, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 20, 1964}}</ref> **** {{Tree list/final branch}} [[Electra Havemeyer Webb|Electra Havemeyer]] (1888–1960) ∞ [[James Watson Webb II]] (1884–1960) ***** {{Tree list/final branch}} [[James Watson Webb, Jr.]] (1916–2000)<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=J. Watson Webb, Former Head Of the Shelburne (Vt.) Museum |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/14/arts/j-watson-webb-former-head-of-the-shelburne-vt-museum.html?scp=1&sq=Former%20Head%20Of%20the%20Shelburne%20(Vt.)%20Museum&st=cse |quote=J. Watson Webb Jr., the former president and chairman of the Shelburne Museum in Vermont, whose family was among the country's pre-eminent art collectors, died on Saturday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 84 and had homes in Los Angeles and Shelburne. |work=[[New York Times]] |date=June 14, 2000 |access-date=July 9, 2018}}</ref> **{{Tree list/final branch}} Mary Rosina Havemeyer (1812-1885) ∞ John Isaiah Northrop<ref>{{cite book|title=The National Cyclopedia of American Biography|year = 1927|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1zJQAQAAMAAJ&q=mary+rosina+havemeyer |access-date=July 9, 2018}}</ref> ***{{Tree list/final branch}} [[John Isaiah Northrop]] (1861-1891) ∞ [[Alice Rich Northrop|Alice Belle Rich]] (1863-1922) ****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[John Howard Northrop]] (1891-1987) ∞ Louise Walker<ref>{{cite book|title=John Howard Northrop|year=1994 |doi=10.17226/4560 |isbn=978-0-309-04976-4 |url=https://www.nap.edu/read/4560/chapter/20 |access-date=July 9, 2018}}</ref> *****{{Tree list/final branch}} Alice Havemeyer Northrop (1921-2016) ∞ [[Frederick Chapman Robbins]] (1916-2003) {{Tree list/end}}

==See also== *[[Vanderbilt family]] *[[Frelinghuysen family]]

== External links ==

* [https://exchange.umma.umich.edu/resources/23466 The Havemeyer Tiffany Collection] at the [[University of Michigan Museum of Art]] * [https://exchange.umma.umich.edu/resources/23465 Resource: The Havemeyer House] at the University of Michigan Museum of Art

== References == {{reflist}}

[[Category:Havemeyer family| ]] [[Category:19th century in New York City]] [[Category:Business families of the United States]] [[Category:German-American history]] [[Category:History of New York City]]