Walter Boyd Andrews (1792 – 12 September 1847) was an early settler in
Perth, Western Australia
Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...
and, briefly, a non-official (i.e. without portfolio) member of the colony's
Legislative Council
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.
History
Andrews and his family arrived in Western Australia from England by the ship ''Warrior'' in 1830. He purchased the southern half of
Robert Ansell Partridge's property, which he named
Daviot Park, for
Daviot, the home town of his mother-in-law in Scotland.
Additional land was purchased in the names of his children: Elizabeth C. Andrews, Alexanderina
icJ. M. Andrews, Walter Boyd Tate Andrews, Henry James Andrews, Francis Jane Andrews, Henrietta M. W. Andrews in 1833 and John William Andrews in 1834.
He was in 1841 a member of the
Perth Town Trust and on 8 February 1842 took office as the first elected chairman of the committee that became the
City of Perth
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.
Andrews was associated with
Richard W. Nash and John Schoales, jun. in various enterprises and public bodies including
*
Children's Friend Society, charged with the ensuring the welfare of minors sent out from England, most to become servants
*
Western Australian Steamboat Company, formed to establish water communication along the
Swan River
*
W. A. Agricultural and Horticultural Society 1845
* Building fund committee for
St George's (Anglican) Church, Perth
R. W. Nash was brother-in-law of lawyer John Schoales, jun. (c. 1810–1847), who became
Guardian of Juvenile Immigrants. One of Andrews' daughters married a Rev.
John W. Schoales, but the relationship (if any) between these two has yet to be found. An assertion that Rev. Schoales emigrated to Perth is without foundation.
Arrivals in Adelaide
In September 1846 Walter Boyd Andrews and his youngest sons John William Andrews, Richard
ic, see belowTapley Andrews and Lewis Grant Boyd Andrews sailed to South Australia aboard ''Joseph Albino'' and at some stage secured a residence in Gilbert Street.
In January 1847 his wife and the remainder of their offspring Elizabeth Christiana Andrews, Alexandrina Isabella Andrews, Walter Boyd Tate Andrews, Frances Jane Andrews, and Henrietta Matilda Wittenoon
icAndrews sailed to South Australia on the same ship.
Return to Perth
Andrews must have returned to Western Australia around this time, as was appointed to the colony's Legislative Council in June 1847, just three months before his death.
His remains were interred in the
East Perth Cemeteries.
The identity and fate of John William Andrews are not clear. A lad of that name and similar age (c. 1834 – 12 May 1847) was shot dead by a son of
Sir Richard Spencer at
Lady Ann Warden Spencer
Ann Warden Spencer, Lady Spencer (née Liddon; c. 1793 – 19 July 1855) was the daughter of Captain Matthew Liddon and Ann Warden. She was the wife of British Royal Navy Captain Sir Richard Spencer.
Early life
Ann's mother was the Lady of the ...
's home "Strawberry Hill" on
King George Sound
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. The incident, deemed accidental by the magistrates, was reported in only one newspaper, cursorily, and four weeks after the event. The home may have been the site of the accidental death of Horatio Spencer in 1839.
Walter Boyd Tate Andrews inherited his father's property "Daviot Park", which he sold to
George Walpole Leake
George Walpole Leake (3 December 1825 – 3 October 1895) was a Western Australian barrister and magistrate and nephew of George Leake (1786–1849). For short periods of time he was also Attorney-General of Western Australia.
Leake held the ...
in 1868.
Family
Andrews married Elizabeth Gordon (17 October 1790 – 8 January 1862) in London on 8 November 1817. their children include:
*Elizabeth Christina Andrews (26 September 1818 – 1899) married George Young at
St John's Church, Adelaide
St. John's is an Anglican church at the south-east corner of the City of Adelaide dating from 1841. The first building was demolished in 1886 and its replacement opened in 1887.
The first church
In 1840 the first Anglican church building, Tri ...
on 17 February 1848
*Walter Boyd Tate Andrews I (7 September 1819 – ) baptised; presumably died in infancy
*Alexandria Isabella Muir Andrews (10? 19? July 1821 – )
*
Walter Boyd Tate Andrews, jun. (1? 5? May 1823 - 4 April 1899) was in 1840 appointed clerk in the Colonial Secretary's office. In 1847 he moved to South Australia in 1847, where he became a noted public servant and married Isabella Whinham (c. 1838 – 24 August 1931), daughter of
John Whinham, on 8 July 1858. They had around eight children, many of whom died young. W. B. T. Andrews was killed in a railway crossing accident at
Upper Sturt.
*James Lewis Andrews (3 October 1825 – ) baptised; perhaps died in infancy
*
Henry James Andrews (23 April 1827 – 25 April 1890) Under-Secretary for South Australia, married Clarissa Jane Fesenmeyer (1839 – 9 December 1914); she returned to Western Australia after death of her husband, died at her home. Forrest Street,
Cottesloe, Western Australia
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. They had nine children.
*Frances Jane Andrews (26 March 1829 – ) married Rev.
John Whitelaw Schoales on 9 Sep 1851
*Henrietta Matilda Wittenoom Andrews (22 November 1831 – 22 February 1848) died at Gilbert Street, Adelaide
*John William Andrews ( – ) see text above.
*Robert Tapley Andrews (1834 – 14 December 1864) married Lydia Yelland ( – 1867) on 9 April 1862. He died of phthisis (
tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is a contagious disease usually caused by ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can al ...
) at Gilbert Street. Their two children died as infants. Some references refer to him as "Richard Tapley Andrews"
*Lewis Grant Boyd Andrews (22 February 1838 – 20 January 1849)
died at Gilbert Street, Adelaide
*Richard James Andrews (c. 1836 – 21 December 1911) married Susan Higgs in 1864, lived Gilbert Street, published several ''In Memoriam''s for brother R. T. Andrews
:*Robert Tapley Andrews (1867 – 7 October 1932) married Ada Sophia Dennis (died 1913) on 17 April 1888
References
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1792 births
1847 deaths
Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council
Mayors of places in Western Australia
English emigrants to colonial Australia
Settlers of Western Australia
19th-century Australian politicians