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About Peter Andrews
- Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Apr 18 2019, 3:18:09 UTC
GEDCOM Note
<p>Peter was born at "Dulwich" Glennies Creek,being the youngest son and</p><p><p>child of a family of 12 children. He was educated in the Glennies</p></p><p><p>Creek area and left school at an early age.He worked on farming</p></p><p><p>properties and then became a teamster with his bullock team carting</p></p><p><p> goods from the Port of Morpeth to the northern parts of New South</p></p><p><p>Wales and to St George in Queensland. He disposed of this business</p></p><p><p>after 10 years and carried out farming and fence contracting in the</p></p><p><p>Singleton District.He married Elizabeth Cann the daughter of a well</p></p><p><p>known pioneering family. Elizabeth's brother was a builder by trade</p></p><p><p>and together they built a home on part of the property left to him by</p></p><p><p>his father,Abraham. The home built on the banks of the Goorangoola</p></p><p><p> Creek can still be seen.It was built of timber slabs with an iron roof</p></p><p><p> but in recent years has fallen into disrepair and is not occupied.</p></p><p><p>Peter was known throughout the district as one of the best broadaxemen</p></p><p><p>and his work as a fencing contractor was widely known. He is credited</p></p><p><p>with the erection of the BIG POST on the fence at the intersection of</p></p><p><p>Bridgman Road and Goorangoola Road and although the post has been</p></p><p><p>replaced the locality is still known as the BIG POST. It is believed</p></p><p><p>Peter lived in the home on Goorangoola Creek where all the children</p></p><p><p>were born and he carried out farming and fence contracting. He later</p></p><p><p> moved to Dunolly and then again to 77 High Street,Singleton where he</p></p><p><p>spent the rest of his life.On the 14th April 1937,Peter and Elizabeth</p></p><p><p>celebrated their Diamond Wedding in the company of many friends and</p></p><p><p>relatives. Two years later at the age of 83,just to prove age was not</p></p><p><p> a bar he sheared a sheep owned by his son-in-law.He said at the time</p></p><p><p> his best tally for a day whilst he was a shearer with a hand blade and</p></p><p><p> machine was 107 and he preferred to take pains with his work to ensure</p></p><p><p> the job was well done.He travelled many miles both on horseback and by</p></p><p><p> bicycle to shearing sheds within the district.His death in his 86th</p></p><p><p>year removed one of the grand old pioneering men from the District</p></p><p><p>where he had resided and worked all his life as a farmer,teamster,</p></p><p><p> shearer,fencing contracter and carpenter.þÿ</p></p><p><p>
PETER ANDREWS:Shearing sheep article in ARGUS PAPER
ÿ</p></p><p><p> Mr Peter Andrews,senior,of High street,who was 83 years of age onÿ</p></p><p><p>2 CONT Reference: February 4th last,put up a credible performance three days after the</p><p><p>birthday anniversary by shearing a pet sheep for his son-in-law</p></p><p><p>Mr Frank Pepper),of Raymond Terrace.Mr Andrews,who has had a long</p></p><p><p>experience as a shearer,says it was the biggest sheep he has ever</p></p><p><p> shorn. Born at Dulwich on February 4th,1856,he has lived in the</p></p><p><p>ravelled as a</p></p><p><p> to stations as</p></p><p><p> far as St George (Q).After about 10 years as a teamster,Mr Andrews was</p></p><p><p>on the land at Goorangoola,and in the shearing season followed the</p></p><p><p> sheds formany years,working both with hand and machine. He recalls</p></p><p><p>that 107 was his best tally,admitting that he did not go after records</p></p><p><p>as he preferred to take pains with his work.It is pleasing to record</p></p><p><p>that Mrs Andrews is alive.She is also 83 years of age,and the worthy</p></p><p><p> couple have been married 63 years.Four sons and four daughters are</p></p><p><p>living. One son died at the war,and another son succumbed to war</p></p><p>njuries after his return to Australia. (Singleton Argus,1939)</p>
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Peter Andrews's Timeline
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1856
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Singleton, NSW, Australia
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1936
Age 80
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Singleton, Robertson, New South Wales, Australia
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1942
Age 86
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Singleton, NSW, Australia
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Whittingham Ang Cemetery, Singleton, NSW
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