Brief Life History of John Robert
When John Robert Andrews was born on 3 May 1910, in Baker City, Baker, Oregon, United States, his father, John Aikens Andrews, was 31 and his mother, Augusta Amelia Berntson, was 34. He married Myrtle Tingey on 2 April 1937, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Baker Election Precinct 3, Baker, Oregon, United States in 1940 and Chelan, Chelan, Washington, United States in 1950. He died on 1 April 1967, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- John R Andrews, "United States 1950 Census"
- Oregon City. Birth Record 1864–1919
- John Robert Andrews, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
1914 · Hotel Brigham Built
Constructed in two phases, 1914 and 1924, Hotel Brigham was originally built to house transient railroad workers.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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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