On 16 Apr 1868 when Thomas was 26, he married Elizabeth GRONOW in St Woolos Parish Church, Newport, Monmouth, Wales, UK. Born on 25 Dec 1844 in Ebbw Vale, Bedwelty, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. Elizabeth died in Newport, Monmouth, Wales, UK, in Mar 1919; she was 74.
- 1843 birth registration [freeBMD]: Births Mar 1843
Gronow Elizabeth Abergavenny vol 26, page 38
The [registration] district Abergavenny spans the boundaries of the counties of Herefordshire and Monmouthshire
- 1893: Mrs. Elizabeth Andrews lived at 7 Frederick Street, Newport, Wales
- 1894: lived at 11 Wheller St, Newport
- 1895-1897: lived at 10 Station Street, Newport
- 1898-1906: lived at 13 Vivian Road
- 1901 see's the Andrews Family living at 13, Vivian Road children are:
Lillian 28 yrs; Jessie 25 yrs; Mildred 22 yrs; Gertrude 19 yrs; Frederick C. 16 yrs; Thomas G. 18 yrs; Ada J. 14 yrs;
- 1901 Wales Census
Name: Elizabeth Andrews
Age in 1901: 57
Estimated birth year: abt 1844
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
Civil Parish: Newport
Ecclesiastical parish: Maindee St John
County/Island: Monmouthshire
Country: Wales
Street address: 13 Vivian Rd
Registration district: Newport (Monmouthshire)
Sub-registration district: Newport
ED, institution, or vessel: 55
Household schedule number: 260
Piece: 4962
Folio: 105
Page Number: 41
Household Members:
Name Age [all born Newport Monmouth, English]
Elizabeth Andrews 57 - head, wid, 57, F, Seamstress, own account, at home
Lillian Andrews 28 - daur, S, 28, F, School teacher
Jessie Andrews 25 - daur, S, 25, F, Dressmaker, own account, at home
Mildred Andrews 22 - daur, S, 22, F, Shop assistant
Gertrude Andrews 19 - daur, S, 19, F, Book binder
Adah Andrews 14 - daur, S, 14, F, Book Binder
- 1902 Elizabeth now moves into 48, Corporation Road
- 1911 census. WALES. Monmouthshire, Wales. Parish of Newport. Registration district of Newport. Address: 48 Corporation Road Newport.
Together with daughter Kate Mildred & husband [Austin Gwynn, 29, clerk (Steam Laundry)] & daughter [Dorothy Mabel Gwynn, 6mo], and [her single] children Lilian (37), Jessie (25), Frederick (26 commercial traveler), Ada Alice (24 laundress) & grandson Victor Stanley Thomas (13, school):
Elizabeth Andrews. Head. Widow. Age 67. Born Victoria Mon. Children 11 born 9 alive 2 dead. [completed by Austin Gwynn]
This was the family that looked after Stanley after his mother Maud Mary left.
RESEARCH NOTES:
- Ebbw Vales is in Gwent, Wales [Google Earth] - Gwent was Monmouthshire pre 1974
- Ebbw Vale is also called Bedwellty [genuki]. Abergavenny is also in Monmouthshire - which place was she born?
- Another source says she was born in the village of Victoria, which was at the lower end of Ebbw Vale overlooking the steelworks
- born 1843 or 1844? or late 1842?
- couldn’t find in 1881 census in UK
- no exact match for birth/christening in familysearch.org - 1 IGI entry (not vital stats) says born 1844 Penmark, Glamorgan, Wales, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Gronow. No marriage matches. Later searched freeBMD just under Elizabeth Gronow and found them both on same page - his last name Andrew (no “s”).
- died 1919? Looked for her death between 1901 and 1930 in Monmouthshire, Wales - 3 possiblities in Newport M :
> Deaths Dec 1910 Andrews Elizabeth 77 Newport M. 11a 130 [born 1833 - not this Elizabeth]
> Deaths Mar 1919 Andrews Elizabeth 75 Newport M. 11a 340 [born 1844]
> Deaths Jun 1925 Andrews Elizabeth E 82 Newport M 11a 299 [born 1843]
- 1920 48, Coporation Road; Frederick Andrews, Austin and Mildred Gwynn, Ada and Albert Hillman. [has Elizabeth died?]