Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert Andrews was born in 1827, in Passenham, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Andrews, was 27 and his mother, Anne Lovesay, was 33. He married Emma Truman on 28 November 1853, in Passenham, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Deanshanger, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. He died in September 1897, in Passenham, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 70, and was buried in Deanshanger, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Roberts Andrews, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Robert Andrew, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Robert Andrews, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
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.
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