Annie J. (Porter) Andrews, 1855/56-1888

 

ANNIE J. (PORTER) ANDREWS was born between 1855 – 1856, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Her exact birth date is unknown – no documents found to date have a birth date on it, and records for Philadelphia births are not available prior to 1893.[1]  Documents containing her age are provided in Table 1 below.

Table 1

It is likely that her birth year can be narrowed down to the 1855 – 1856 range using the 1860 U.S. census.  As a 4-year old on that census, it is highly unlikely that her birth year is earlier than 1885 or later than 1856.  Also, it appears that her birth month may have been between June and November, using the 1870 U.S. census information – in the June version, she was 15, but by the 2nd enumeration in November, she was listed as 16.  Unfortunately, we’ll never be sure of her birth date.

Annie’s parents were Charles H. Porter and Margaret (Dunfee) Porter.  They lived together first in the 20th ward of Philadelphia,[2] then moving to the 14th ward by 1870,[3] both areas located between the Schuykill and Delaware Rivers.

1854 Philadelphia ward map, showing wards 20 and 14

On 22 May 1875, at the age of 20, Annie married Edward Callender Andrews, Jr., in Philadelphia by a Methodist minister.[4]  The couple had three children:

• Edward Callender 3rd born on 8 June 1875[5]
• Charles Hughes was born about 1876[6]
• William Arthur born on 22 May 1879.[7]

Tragically, Edward and Annie lost their son Charles in April 1881, when he was just 4 years old, of scarlet fever.[8]  Annie died on 27 April 1888 of cardiac palsy at the young age of ~34.[9]  She is buried in Fernwood Cemetery, Yeadon, Pennsylvania, in section 34, lot 60, in the same plot as her husband and son William Arthur.[10]

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[1] Kay Haviland Freilich, NGS Research in the States Series: Pennsylvania (Arlington, Va.: National Genealogy Society, 2016), p. 46.

[2] 1860 U.S. census, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Charles Porter household.  For Margaret’s maiden name, see FindAGrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189610438 : viewed 30 August 2021), memorial 189610438, Margaret Dunfee Porter.

[3] 1870 U.S. census, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Charles Portter [sic] household.

[4] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, "Return of Marriages in the City of Philadelphia, 1 Apr 1875 to 1 Jul 1875," for Edward C. Andrews and Annie J. Porter (1875); Family History Library microfilm 1769061.

[5] "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917," image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6482/images/005270449_05655 : viewed 30 August 20210), image 131, card for Edward Callender Andrews, serial no. 2013, Local Board for Division No. 48, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

[6] 1880 U.S. census, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Philadelphia, ward 9, district 1, enumeration district (ED) 155, p. 11, dwelling 80, family 93, Andrew Andrews household; NARA microfilm T9, roll 1171.

[7] Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, affidavit of applicant for marriage license, file no. 144538 (1902), for Arthur Andrews and Elizabeth Spielman; Family History Library microfilm 004280831; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XC7W-J68 : viewed 27 Nov 2020), images 474-476. 

[8] City of Philadelphia, return of a death, 1881, Charles H. Andrews; Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6Q79-1DN : viewed 30 August 2021), image 180.

[9] Death certificate, Anna J. Andrews, 1888.  See also  "Died," The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pa.), 1 May 1888, p. 5, col. 2, ANDREWS; image, newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/167589607 : viewed 12 September 2022).

[10] Fernwood Cemetery (Yeadon, Pennsylvania), "1887-1893," page 1, Annie J. Andrews (1888); image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2451/images/40355_267579-00284 : viewed 25 Nov 2020), image 285.

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