Edgar Woodbury Andrews (1868 - 1961)

Born 14 Dec 1868 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Son of Joseph Henry Andrews and Martha Jane (Woodbury) Andrews

Husband of Edith (Smith) Andrews — married 15 Jun 1907 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA

Descendants

Died 12 Dec 1961 at age 92 in Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut

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Biography

Edgar Woodbury Andrews was born in 14 December 1868 in Gloucester, Essex county, Massachusetts. His parents were Joseph H Andrews (a fish dealer) and Martha Jane (Woodbury) Andrews; both born in Gloucester as well.^[1][2]

According to the census, in 1870 Edgar Andrews, then 1 year of age, lived with his parents in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts. His parents are Joseph H, a fish dealer, and Martha Andrews (aged 31 and 30 respectively).^[3]

In 1880 Edgar lived at the head of Folly Cove in Lanesville village, Gloucester, Essex county, Massachusetts with his maternal grandfather, John J. Woodbury (age 71), his father Joseph H. Andrews (age 41), and his mother Martha J. Andrews.^[4]

Beginning in 1898 Edgar Woodbury Andrews was first a clerk and subsequently in charge of the store of the Rockport Granite Company and lived in the house with his parents at the head of Folly Cove.^[5] The Rockport Granite Company is described as^[6]:

"The quarries are now owned by the Rockport Granite Company, who have shown great enterprise and engineering skill in the prosecution of the work. Roads have been made, bridges built, breakwaters and wharves constructed, houses and stores erected, and employment furnished for from one hundred to over three hundred men, for whose convenience and accommodation neat cottages and well stocked store have been provided by the company."

In 1900 we find Edgar W Andrews age 31 living with Joseph H Andrews (Age: 61 & Birth Date: Jun 1838) in Gloucester Ward 7, Essex, Massachusetts. His father had married Martha J (nee Woodbury) Andrews in 1867. Both of his parents were born in Massachusetts.^[7]

On June 15th, 1907 Edgar W Andrews (38) married Edith V Smith (33) in Rockport, Massachusetts. Both were first marriages. His parents are Joseph W Andrews and Martha J Woodbury. Her parents are Charles C Smith and Mary A Griffin.^[8][9]

Sometime between June 1907 and February 1910 Edgar and Edith Andrews relocated to New Haven, Connecticut. Since Edgar was 38 in 1907 and is reported to have worked for the Seamless Rubber Company in New Haven for 36 years, it is likely he relocated to take a job as the cashier for this company, where he remained until 74 years of age.^[10]

On 27 February 1910 their son Raymond was born in New Haven, Connecticut.^[11] The family lives in Ward 9, New Haven, Connecticut later that year.^[12]

Edna Griffin Andrews was born 10 Sep 1911 in New Haven, Connecticut to Edgar W Andrews and Edith Smith Andrews. The Obituary for Mrs Edna A Isherwood indicates she married twice (1st to Millen H Ketchum & 2nd to Robert A Isherwood) and died aged 95 on 4 May 2006 in Vermont, United States.^[13][14]

Janet Andrews was born 30 Jun 1913 in New Haven, Connecticut to Edgar W Andrews and Edith Smith Andrews.^[15][16] Janet Andrews was born to Edgar W Andrews and Edith Smith Andrews.^[17] An obiturary in the Portland Press Herald for her husband, Lucien W Dean indicates he died 29 Apr 1996 in Maine, United States.^[18] The Portland Press Herald records Janet A Dean's obituary. She was born about 1914 at New Haven, Connecticut and died 30 May 2000 at Rockport, Knox County, Maine.^[19]

Mary Lois Andrews was born 4 Mar 1915 in Hamden, Connecticut to Edgar W Andrews and Edith Smith Andrews. She died (age 94) 11 May 2009 at Nashua, New Hampshire, United States.^[20]

In 1920 Edger W Andrews (Age: 51) lists his birthplace as Massachusetts and his home in 1920 as Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut. His spouses name was Edith C Andrews and his occupation was Cashier for a Rubber Company. His home was rented. Household members included his wife Edith C Andrews 46; son Raymond Andrews, age 9; daughter Edna Andrews age 8; daughter Janet Andrews age 6 and daughter Lois Andrews age 4. His mother Martha Andrews age 79 also lived with them.^[21]

In 1958, Edgar reached a major milestone. A Hamden paper reports^[22]:

"Edgar Andrews Elected Deacon for 34th Term
"One of the longest periods of service as a local church officer ever recorded in Hamden was continued in effect last week when Mt. Carmel Congregational Church re-elected Edgar Andrews of 2795 Whitney Avenue, to its board of deacons, Andrews has been a deacon of the church for 33 years.
"The Rev. Joseph Peters, pastor of the church, reports Andrews is the senior church officer both in age and in length of service. Andrews, who worked for the Seamless Rubber Company for 36 years, marked his 80th birthday last December 14. He moved to Hamden in 1915 and to the Mt. Carmel district seven years later. "

Edgar Woodbury Andrews died 12 Dec 1961 (at the age of 92 years) in Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut and is buried at the Central Burying Grounds in Hamden.^{[23] [24][25]}

Sources

1. ↑ Births Registered in Gloucester, A.D. 1868, page 213, entry 450
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXZF-JKD : 11 March 2018), Edgar Andrews, 14 Dec 1868, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #194, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,428,039. Copy of the original document.
3. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH6Z-L8V : 29 December 2021), Edgar W. Andrews in household of John J. Woodbury, Lanesville, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 180, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
5. ↑ As recalled by his son, Raymond Woodbury Andrews in 1974
6. ↑ The Rockport Granite Quarries” (Massachusetts) In Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX, No. 20, pp. 314 November 16, 1878 LINK to article
7. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census
8. ↑ Marriages Registered in the City of Gloucester for the Year Nineteen Hundred and seven, page 424, entry 98
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4D2-VD4 : 10 March 2021), Edgar W Andrews and Edith V Smith, 15 Jun 1907; citing Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,299.
10. ↑ The Hamden Chronicle, February 12, 1958; Front page
11. ↑ 1910 birth records for New Haven, Connecticut
12. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK22-N5P : accessed 1 January 2022), Edgar Andrews, New Haven Ward 9, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 414, sheet 19A, family 429, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 140; FHL microfilm 1,374,153.0
13. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKTD-9MSQ : accessed 1 January 2022), Mrs Edna A Isherwood, Vermont, United States, 04 May 2006; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Brattleboro Reformer, born-digital text.
14. ↑ "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ9J-77K : 9 March 2021), Edna Griffin Andrews in entry for Millen Hoxsie Ketchum, 23 Dec 1933, Putnam, New York, United States; citing ref. ID , county clerk offices from various counties, New York; FHL microfilm 930,514.
15. ↑ "Maine, Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1620-2014," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5WM-RLJD : 3 September 2019), Janet Andrews Dean, 30 May 2000; citing Death, Maine, United States, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 101180677.
16. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCNC-FLV : 1 February 2021), Janet Andrews in entry for Edgar W Andrews, 1920.
17. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCNC-FLV : 1 February 2021), Janet Andrews in entry for Edgar W Andrews, 1920.
18. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPT-FFV4 : accessed 1 January 2022), Janet Andrews Dean in entry for Mr Lucien W Dean, Maine, United States, 29 Apr 1996; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Portland Press Herald, born-digital text.
19. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKT7-NWX8 : accessed 1 January 2022), Janet A Dean, Maine, United States, 02 Jun 2000; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Portland Press Herald, born-digital text.
20. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKG1-TMJN : accessed 1 January 2022), Mary Lois Andrews Less, Nashua, New Hampshire, United States, 15 May 2009; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Telegraph, The, born-digital text.
21. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCNC-FLX : 1 February 2021), Edgar W Andrews, 1920.
22. ↑ The Hamden Chronicle, February 12, 1958; Front page
23. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #20632589
24. ↑ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
25. ↑ Based on family records maintained by the Andrews family.

DNA confirmation

Maternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between CW and an anonymous child of Ruth Edna (Woodbury) Evans, 4th cousins. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: 4th Cousins based on sharing 36 centimorgans shared across 4 DNA segments; Confidence: High.