When William Henry Andrews was born on 29 August 1873, in Oxford, Oxford, Maine, United States, his father, George Andrews, was 28 and his mother, Caroline Peters, was 20. He married Blanche Alida Coleman on 18 June 1898, in Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, United States. He lived in Poland, Androscoggin, Maine, United States in 1900 and Androscoggin, Maine, United States in 1920. He died on 28 March 1935, in Minot, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, at the age of 61.
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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