Robert Wilson Andrews

Brief Life History of Robert Wilson

When Robert Wilson Andrews was born on 12 September 1871, in Walnut Ridge, Vernon Township, Jennings, Indiana, United States, his father, Dr Joseph Oliver Andrews, was 40 and his mother, Anna B Jessup, was 37. He married Naomi Holding on 12 February 1891, in Hancock, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Blue River Township, Hancock, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. He died on 21 November 1906, in Westland, Blue River Township, Hancock, Indiana, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Westland Friends Church Cemetery, Westland, Blue River Township, Hancock, Indiana, United States.

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Robert Wilson Andrews
1871–1906
Naomi Holding
1872–1963
Marriage: 12 February 1891
Raymond Russell Andrews
1897–1969
Rema Andrews
1899–1986
Marjorie Andrews
1904–1997

Sources (9)

  • Wilson Andrews in household of Oliver Andrews, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Robert W Andrews, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Robert W. Andrews, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

1872 · The Amnesty Act

A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

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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