Julius Halstead(Halberstadt)

1883 - 1939  (56 years)

• Name	Julius Halstead(Halberstadt)
  Born	9 Sep 1883	Dauernheim Hessen, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Biography	Changed name from Halberstadt in early 1938 by an order of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. My grandfather Julius Halberstadt ( and later my father) was very involved in food retail stores, and eventually wound up owning a company called Schade and Fullgrabe, a large Jewish grocery store chain, that at its peak, before World War II, had approximately 144 stores all over Germany. The chain was founded in 1878, and sold to the Halberstadt family, specifically Joseph H., in 1887. Joseph was my father's grandfather. Julius continued to be very involved in food retail his whole life, though his work in the US was nowhere near as extensive. He died, relatively young, in 1939. My grandparents were exceptionally kind, generous and warm people. My grandmother was famous for her hostessing and fabulous meals that she cooked up. I grew up just 10 min. away from them and spent many weekends, holidays, etc. at their home. My mother carried on the great hostessing tradition and was really very gifted in this area. She was a charming, elegant and classy woman. Submitted by daughter -- Dorothy Lepoff.  [1]
  Hebrew Birth	7 Elu 5643
  Holocaust	An interesting part of my father's life is that after he and his parents sailed to New York in `36, they stayed here only a few days, as they were only on a visitor's visa. In order to obtain an immigration visa, they all had to leave the country, and thus went to Bermuda for 3 days, obtained an immigration visa from the consulate there, (my grandfather apparently had connections in the Bermuda consulate), and then could legally return to the U.S. as immigrants. This whole thing was due to the quotas and other American bureaucratic demands of FDR, who as you know, was not very sympathetic to the plight of Jews.  [2]
  Immigration	24 Dec 1936	New York, NY, USA   [3]
  Hebrew Death	9 Tev 5700
  Occupation	Merchant
  Residence	Dauernheim Hessen, Germany
  Residence	Frankfurt, Germany
  Residence	New York, NY, USA
  Died	21 Dec 1939	New York, NY, USA
  Person ID	I1587	Blank Family
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2014

  
  

  Family	Fridel Grafenberg,   b. 12 Jul 1892, Frankfurt, Germany ,   d. 17 Jun 1967, Hallandale, FL, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Married	15 Jan 1912	Frankfurt, Germany
  Children	1. Ernest J. Halstead,   b. 19 Nov 1912, Frankfurt, Germany ,   d. 18 Aug 1997, Hastings on the Hudson, NY, USA  (Age 84 years)   2. Walter K. Halstead,   b. 25 Jan 1916, Frankfurt, Germany ,   d. 2 Aug 2004, Worcester, MA, USA  (Age 88 years)   3. Paul K. Halstead,   b. 29 Sep 1917, Frankfurt, Germany ,   d. 2 Jul 2003, Scottsdale, AZ, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F756	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 9 Sep 1883 - Dauernheim Hessen, Germany Married - 15 Jan 1912 - Frankfurt, Germany Immigration - 24 Dec 1936 - New York, NY, USA Residence - - Dauernheim Hessen, Germany Residence - - Frankfurt, Germany Residence - - New York, NY, USA Died - 21 Dec 1939 - New York, NY, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S51] E-mail message, from Dorothy Lepoff, Id # 1636. [S51] E-mail message, from Dorothy Lepoff. [S171] New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 , Ancestry, Monarch of Bermuda from Hamilton, Bermuda.