LATE MRS A. ANDREWS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 February 1939, Page 10

LATE MRS A. ANDREWS

ASSOCIATION WITH EARLY DAYS. The late Mrs Annie Andrews, whose death occurred at Mt Albert, Auckland, on February 14, was bom in Masterton in 1860 and in 1879 married Mr Thomas McLennan of Waipu, North Auckland, who died ten years later, leaving his widow with seven children. Two years later Mrs McLennan .married Mr Edward A. Andrews of Brightwater, Nelson, and there were fwo children of this marriage but both predeceased their mother by several years. . Mrs Andrews’s house was always “open” and was frequently visited by scores of friends and her kindly acts to those in need were innumerable. “Burnside,” the early home of the McKenzie family, played an important part in the early history of the Wairarapa. Portion of the estate is now incorporated in the Soldiers’ Memorial Park and another part is occupied by the Methodist Children’s Home. Mrs Andrews’s friends often listened with interest to her stirring tales of early Wairarapa experiences and of the growth of Mast'ertoh from a small settlement to a thriving and important town with thousands of inhabitants. Mrs Andrews had also resided for periods of years in Wellington and Nelson and her circle of friends extends over a large part of the' Dominion. She is survived by her husband, four sons, Messrs Donald, John, Kenneth and Roderick McLennan and one daughter, Miss M. (Dolly) McLennan, of Mount Albert, several grandchildren and great grandchildren.