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William was born at Goorangoola,via Singleton, the second child and
first son of George and Anne Andrews.He was raised in the Singleton
district and at the age of 21 he married Margaret Marshall who was
also a native of Singleton. At some early stage in their lives they moved to the Rothbury district where they raised a family of six, four sons and two daughters. Not much was known about William and his descendants up until 1993 when Roy Andrews and his son Leigh
were driving through Branxton and visited the cemetery and found the
grave of William and Margaret Andrews. A death certificate was obtained
and one of the children of the marriage, Ethel Andrews', obituary was
located in the Singleton Argus and from this obituary an address was
found of a daughter, Mary Horner at Eastwood.Forty two years after the
obituary notice had been reported in the Argus, Mary was still living at
the same address and with the assistance of Mary and her family,a further
164 descendants were added to the Andrews family tree, including some
who still live in the Branxton area.
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