William H. Harbeck was a Second Class passenger of the Titanic. He died in the sinking. He was born in Toledo, Ohio in September 1866. He was the only known child of John S. Harbeck (1836-1921), a stave sealer, and Margaret Milligan (1841-1885). His father, a Civil War veteran, was born in New York whilst his mother was native to Ohio. His mother died on 4 December 1885 and his father was remarried in 1893 to an Ohio woman named Ida Wagstaff (1859-1950) who was twenty years his junior and the new couple moved to Los Angeles. John died in 1921 and his widow in 1950.