Hi Al, you wrote: >You didn't give any time frame, but even with that your mission will >probably be fruitless. If she had Mrs Andrews on his death certificate, >she probably introduced herself to others in that fashion. Unless you can >find some society gossip write-up in a newspaper, I'm afraid that she'll >remain a 'mystery' woman. Sadly, you probably are right. The time frame is 1905 to the time of his death in 1908. The only possibilities for finding out who the woman was are if he, in fact, married her and/or if she inherited his assets. He probably didn't leave a will as he was only fifty when he died. There might be some legal documents somewhere but God knows where they might be. I should think that there are newspaper articles which mention gggrandad Charles Jackson Andrews. I will just send the following obit which I got a few years ago from the Carnegie Library: From the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph, January 2, 1908, page 4: Charles J. Andrews of Church avenue, Ben Avon, aged 53 years, secretary of the Pennsylvania and Western Pennsylvania Brewer's Association, prominent for years in Pennsylvania politics and familiarly known to thousands over the state as "Charlie" Andrews, died last night at Pottsville, Pa., where he was visiting. His brother, Wesley R. Andrews, chairman of the Pennsylvania state Republican committee, was summoned to his bedside and was with him when he died. "Charlie" Andrews was one of three brothers famous in Pennsylvania politics, the other two being Wesley R. Andrews and William H., now territorial delegate from New Mexico. He came to Pittsburgh about two years ago from the northeastern part of the state where he was secretary for a brewers' association. He had offices in the Maeder Building, where the headquarters of the Western Pennsylvania Brewers' Association is. He leaves his widow and a step-daughter. ________ It is all very tantalizing stuff, to me anyway. The last line is the one that keeps me wondering. - Ed Edward Coates Sinker Church Lea Bosbury, Herefordshire HR8 1PX UK

Ed, Just for the sake of it, I checked the telephone book and the Brewer's Association doesn't exist any more which isn't surprising as we have few brewers left in Western PA. At the turn of the century, there were several dozen. One lead would be to write to the: Register of Wills City-County Bldg Grant St Pittsburgh, PA USA He may not have left a will but his estate probably had to be probated, which is another phrase for "the government wants to make sure they get their money--again." It's required now, by law, but I'm not sure if that was true when Charles Andrews died. Al At 05:51 PM 11/10/2001, you wrote: >Hi Al, you wrote: > >>You didn't give any time frame, but even with that your mission will >>probably be fruitless. If she had Mrs Andrews on his death certificate, >>she probably introduced herself to others in that fashion. Unless you >>can find some society gossip write-up in a newspaper, I'm afraid that >>she'll remain a 'mystery' woman. > >Sadly, you probably are right. The time frame is 1905 to the time of >his death in 1908. The only possibilities for finding out who the woman >was are if he, in fact, married her and/or if she inherited his assets. He >probably didn't leave a will as he was only fifty when he died. There might >be some legal documents somewhere but God knows where they might >be. > >I should think that there are newspaper articles which mention gggrandad >Charles Jackson Andrews. I will just send the following obit which I got >a few years ago from the Carnegie Library: > > From the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph, January 2, 1908, page 4: > > Charles J. Andrews of Church avenue, Ben Avon, aged 53 years, >secretary of the Pennsylvania and Western Pennsylvania Brewer's >Association, prominent for years in Pennsylvania politics and familiarly >known to thousands over the state as "Charlie" Andrews, died last >night at Pottsville, Pa., where he was visiting. His brother, Wesley R. >Andrews, chairman of the Pennsylvania state Republican committee, >was summoned to his bedside and was with him when he died. >"Charlie" Andrews was one of three brothers famous in Pennsylvania >politics, the other two being Wesley R. Andrews and William H., now >territorial delegate from New Mexico. He came to Pittsburgh about >two years ago from the northeastern part of the state where he was >secretary for a brewers' association. He had offices in the Maeder >Building, where the headquarters of the Western Pennsylvania >Brewers' Association is. He leaves his widow and a step-daughter. >________ >It is all very tantalizing stuff, to me anyway. The last line is the one >that keeps me wondering. - Ed >Edward Coates Sinker >Church Lea >Bosbury, Herefordshire HR8 1PX >UK > > >==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== >SUE* MCALISTER-Pittsburgh List Mom > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >