Ernest Frederick Andrews

23 June 1882–18 June 1965 (Age 82)
Port Sorell, Tasmania, Australia

The Life Summary of Ernest Frederick

When Ernest Frederick Andrews was born on 23 June 1882, in Port Sorell, Tasmania, Australia, his father, Edward Andrews, was 32 and his mother, Esther Cox, was 37. He married Ethel Walker in 1905, in Tasmania, Australia. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 18 June 1965, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, at the age of 82, and was buried in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Family Time Line

Ernest Frederick Andrews
1882–1965
Ethel Walker
1880–1968
Marriage: 1905
Frederick Robert Andrews
1906–1940
Edward Leslie Andrews
1908–1965
Ernest Henry Andrews
1910–1989
Kenneth Carl Andrews
1916–1979
Florence Ethel Andrews
1920–1952

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1905Tasmania, Australia
  • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (4)

    World Events (8)

    1892
    Age 10
    Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.
    1901
    Age 19
    First Federal election.
    1911
    Age 29
    Canberra is founded and designated as the capital. The Federal Capital Territory is established as an area of two 360 square kilometers in the Yass-Canberra district.

    Name Meaning

    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.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Andrus
    Andrew
    Andros

    Sources (7)

    • Ernest Frederick Andrews in entry for Frederick Robert, "Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration of Births, 1899-1912"
    • Ernest Frederick Andrews, "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980"
    • Ernest Frederick Andrews, "Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933"

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