DANIEL, CLARKE, ANDREWS, CROISSETTE, WOHLMANN, WOODRUFF & RELATED FAMILIES
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After years of searching we now have George James Andrews's birth: at Russell Place, 17th October
1823,baptised 18th July 1824 at St George Bloomsbury. Father John a plasterer and mother Elizabeth.
Russell Place no longer exists, but was on the south side of the Strand. There is a reference
to it in British History Online: "The Bedford Estate. Friars Pyes. Sponsor: English Heritage.
Publication: Survey of London: volume 36. Year published: 1970. On 15 July 1541, in exchange
for certain lands in Devon, Henry VIII granted to John, Baron Russell, Great Admiral of England
and later first Earl of Bedford, manors and lands which had belonged to the suppressed monasteries
in several counties, including the two pieces in the Strand. (ref. 35) Lord Russell at this
time was living at Russell Place, on the south side of the Strand, so that the acquisition
subsequently formed a useful adjunct to the house, especially as there was an aqueduct between
the two pieces of Friars Pyes which supplied Russell Place with water (see page 31)." It seems
there were two Russell Places, one at Fitzroy Square. Either is possible. There were 4 births
registered there to this couple, the first in 1817, which gives a fix on their possible marriage
date, around 1816/7. On the birth certificate of George's son, Charles (registered 31st May, 1847 by Sarah, the baby's mother), George is shown to be living at 3 Pauls Heath? Court, Fenchurch Street, London. His occupation is given as 'Printer'. The Andrews family went on to become partners in the successful firm of printers and publishers, Wicks and Andrews. The firm was still in existence in the 1970s in the Clerkenwell district. George married Sarah Sophia Swift. The marriage reference is September quarter 1845, East London, volume 2, page 249. George's address is given as 11 (or 4) Parson's Court. No separate address is given for Sarah Sophia. Her father was given as William, a shoemaker. George's father is given as John a 'plasterer'. The witnesses are James Bennett and Sarah Andrews, perhaps the latter being George's sister or, indeed, his grandmother. An examination of the 1841 census for Parsons Court shows that there was a John Andrews (40), a plasterer, living there with his wife Elizabeth (41) and daughter Sophia (11), all born in the City. There were no Swifts there at the time. George was serving his apprenticeship and clearly away from home. It looks as if this provides us at least with the names of his parents, and we now have the names of two sisters: Sophia who was at home in the 1841 census, and Sarah who acted as a witness at his marriage. We also know of Jane Mary from her great-niece's wedding (Annie Amelia Andrews to William Charles Daniel in 1897), and of another sister, Elizabeth, who was found living with Jane Mary in the 1871 and 1881 censuses. This allowed us to pin down, due to Elizabeth's date of birth, more to do with the family, including the maiden name of their mother: Elizabeth York. In Fetter Lane was an engraver named Charles Castle, with his young family. He was an engraver. Living in were George (age 18) 'apprentice' and a servant. In 1851, George and family were living at 101 Shoe Lane, St Brides. He was already working as a Copper Plate printer. Sarah was one year older and born in 'Surrey, UK'. Their two oldest children, Charles and Amelia, were there with them. George was born at Middlesex St. Georges. In 1861, the family were at 33 Rahere Street, Finsbury. George was 'Copper Plate Printer, born at St George, Bloomsbury. Sarah Sophia was a Shoe Binder, born at Sherry (probably Cherry) Row, in Surrey, the first indication we have as to her precise location of birth, which has been variously Lambeth and Blackfriars. Her age was given as 38 and George's as 37. They had with them Charles, Amelia Sophia and Temperance Harriet, the latter born in St Luke, Amelia in Islington and Charles in London City. In 1871, the family are at 1 Galway Street, Ward 3, Finsbury. Their neighbours are a Spring Maker, a Moulder at the Iron Works, and a Cabinet Maker. Only Temperance and Andrew are still at home, both at school, said to be born in St Luke. We now know that Amelia had left home and was lodging in Finsbury, working as a boot machinist. That is where she met her future husband. The 1881 census finds George at Hainault Road, in Wards Villa, at Leyton, Essex. He is described as a Copperplate Printer. Sarah is there with him and they are 57 and 56 respectively. There is one late child still at home: Andrew S Andrews, a 'clerk' aged 16, born at St Lukes, Middlesex. A married daughter, Harriet, is in the house too with her husband, Robert Stephenson, and baby Robert. There is a lodger there too -- Edward Boosey, described as an 'imbecile'. He is 37 years old and comes from the City, as does Robert Stephenson. An amusing detail is that the census for Leyton shows Ward Villa to be a pretty large house -- in a road of larger houses. More, George is the head of one of two households in Ward Villa: his son Charles heads another within the same house. As the Stephensons were also there, three families lived under the same roof. By the 1901 census shows George James, now a widower of 76, has moved. He is now living in the household of his daughter Harriet and her husband and children at 4 Abbotts Road, Upton Park, East Ham, in the parish of St Stephens. This is broadly in the Romford parliamentary area. Here, George is recorded as coming from St Lukes, London. This sounds more like it, given the Fenchurch Street area where George was living when Charles, his son, was born. There are several striking things about this 1901 record (over and above the different spelling of the surname of the head of house -- Stevenson this time, with a 'v' instead of 'ph'). There is a problem with dates. If George J was indeed 76, or maybe due to turn 77 that year, his date of birth would be 1824 or 1825 rather than 1826 as it is claimed on the baptism record. A small but even more intriguing detail: Harriet now calls herself Temperance H. The transcription to the internet version misreads Temperance as Semberance. Harriet, his daughter, is now 40, where she might have been expected to be more like 42. Regarding the composition of the household in 1901: there is no sign of the oldest Stevenson boy Robert, who would by now have been 20 or 21, but Victor W (16) is there, Amelia C (8), and 'Father in Law' George J Andrews, now 76, Employment Status 'Undefined'. There are many stories about the Andrews family. According to Kathleen Daniel one of the Andrews family was a Postmaster near Brighton and Hove and died in the 1880s. Another was Head of Railways and used to wear his top hat and morning coat when VIPs were on the train. There was another tale of an Andrews relative who owned a shoe shop in the London area. George James's death took place on 26th March 1913 at 86 Burges Road, South East Ham sub-district of West Ham, Essex. He was said to be 89 years old (suggesting a birth date of 1823, or maybe a reference to his approaching 89th birthday that year), and 'formerly a copperplate printer'. He died of 'Senile decay Bronchitis'. The informant was Robt. A. Stevenson, Grandson, in attendance. Robert's address was given as 173 Shakespear Crescent, Manor Park. The death was registered 27th March 1913. There is a burial note in the family showing that his funeral took place on April 1st, 1913, and that he was buried in Square 126, Grave 605, at Manor Park Cemetery, Sebert Road, Forest Gate. The reverse of the card gives the cemetery rules and charges. |