Brief Life History of Loretta Mae
When Loretta Mae Andrews was born on 28 March 1915, in Dannebrog, Howard, Nebraska, United States, her father, Bert McCoy Andrews, was 24 and her mother, Christina Elizabeth Beekman, was 23. She married William Arthur Miller on 7 September 1932, in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Prairie Creek Township, Hall, Nebraska, United States for about 10 years and Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States in 1940. She died on 18 September 1989, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Shelley, Bingham, Idaho, United States.
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- Loretta Miller in household of William Miller, "United States Census, 1940"
- Loretta Mae Andrews, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- Loretta Mae Miller, "BillionGraves Index"
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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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