Finally, finally ran upon the origins of John Henry Andrew; I still contend Jonas Andrew was a descendant:

"John Henry Andrew(1824 - 84), who declined the Master Cutlership because of ill health,
was described in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 8 Sept. 1884 as "rising by his own industry from
the ranks...."


Henry Herbert Andrew Master, son of John Henry Andrew, brother of Joseph Arnold Adolphus Andrew.


The Master Cutler for 1895-6 is Mr. Henry Herbert Andrew, of the firm of Messrs. John Henry Andrew and Co., Toledo Steel Works Sheffield. The business was founded in 1855 by his father, the late Mr. John Henry Andrew, who retired from the trade in 1883, leaving it to his sons, Messrs H.H. and J.A. Andrew. The latter subsequently died, and the newly elected Master Cutler is now the sole proprietor of a large establishment employing some eight hundred work people. The extension of the business in late years has been greatly owing to Mr. Andrew's exceptional business abilities and untiring diligence. The principal specialities of the firm are steel wire rods for tramway cables, hauling and winding ropes, wire for pianofortes and other musical instruments and steel for making music of a very different sort when worked up into rifle barrels and projectiles. At the Toledo Steel Works are also produced all descriptions of hammers, coach and carriage springs, and similar goods. Mr Andrew is also a director in a number of companies of varied business and in different parts of the country.

Set to work at fourteen, Mr Andrew as the saying is, "passed through the mill", acquiring practical knowledge of the steel craft. Subsequently, he travelled in the markets to which the Toledo products were sent and thus got to know the people by whom they were used. To one of his most important markets- the United States-the Master Cutler has paid close upon sixty visits, although he is yet comparatively young and in the prime of life and energy. His wares are known the world over, and the honours obtained at different exhibitions include the highest distinctions obtainable at Edinburgh and Adelaide in 1887, at Melbourne in 1888-,9 and at the South African and International Exhibition in 1892.


1895 Article

https://books.google.com/books?id=P344AQ...eld&f=false

Cheers,

Raimey
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