Joseph Andrews was born on 21 May 1837, in Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, United States. He married Ella Clarissa Simkins on 24 December 1868, in Princeton, Bureau, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Kapioma Township, Atchison, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Jewell, Kansas, United States in 1905. He died on 26 July 1910, in Formoso, Jewell, Kansas, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Caldwell Cemetery, Jewell, Kansas, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1855: Atchison, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Atchison, Kansas, United States
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English: variant of Andrew , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This is the usual southern English patronymic form, also found in Wales; the Scottish and northern English form is Anderson . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, e.g. Polish Andrzejewski , Slovenian Andrejčič, Serbian and Croatian Andrić (see Andric ), and Czech Ondráček (see Ondracek ).
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Aindreis or Irish Mac Aindriú, see McAndrew .
History: This was a common name among the early settlers in New England. Robert Andrews emigrated in 1635 from Norwich, England, to Ipswich, MA. Even before 1635, one Thomas Andrews is recorded as being established in Hingham. A certain William Andrews was a member of John Davenport's company, which sailed from Boston in 1638 to found the New Haven colony.
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