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Jessie Bertha Andrew
1858 –04/02/1951
Jessie Bertha Andrew
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Plot 381 Jessie Bertha Andrew (née Norris) (1858-1951)
Jessie was born in 1858 in Bushey, the second of the six children of Richard Robinson, a Quaker, and Elizabeth Anne (née Dixon) Norris. Her father was a master miller employing 4 men and 2 boys and in 1861 the family lived in the High Street, Watford.
By 1871 the family had moved to Ravens Lane, Berkhamsted and her father’s occupation was described as land agent, but by 1881 were at the Lower Mill on London Road/Bank Mill Lane (now The Old Mill), inherited from her grandfather Daniel Norris who had died in 1879.
Jessie became a governess, as did two of her other sisters. In 1896 she married John Richardson Andrew, a gentleman of independent means, in Kensington. In 1901 they were living at Fir Lawn in the parish of Holt near Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire. However the marriage was sadly cut short when John died 4 December 1901.
In 1911 she was living with her sister Lilla at Leaside, Abbots Road, Abbots Langley. Both were described as having “private means”.
In 1939 she and her sister Ethelwynne were living at 8, Boxwell Road.
Jessie died 4 February 1951.
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Plot 381 Jessie Bertha Andrew (née Norris) (1858-1951)
Jessie was born in 1858 in Bushey, the second of the six children of Richard Robinson, a Quaker, and Elizabeth Anne (née Dixon) Norris. Her father was a master miller employing 4 men and 2 boys and in 1861 the family lived in the High Street, Watford.
By 1871 the family had moved to Ravens Lane, Berkhamsted and her father’s occupation was described as land agent, but by 1881 were at the Lower Mill on London Road/Bank Mill Lane (now The Old Mill), inherited from her grandfather Daniel Norris who had died in 1879.
Jessie became a governess, as did two of her other sisters. In 1896 she married John Richardson Andrew, a gentleman of independent means, in Kensington. In 1901 they were living at Fir Lawn in the parish of Holt near Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire. However the marriage was sadly cut short when John died 4 December 1901.
In 1911 she was living with her sister Lilla at Leaside, Abbots Road, Abbots Langley. Both were described as having “private means”.
In 1939 she and her sister Ethelwynne were living at 8, Boxwell Road.
Jessie died 4 February 1951.
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