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ANDRE HISTORY
MISSOURI TO IDAHO
(African-American Roots)
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ANDRE FAMILY BAND - NAMPA, IDAHO - CIRCA 1920
L to R: Billy, Pete, Georgie, Erma, Elreno & Charles "Ed" Andre
 


    
      Ed learned to play the fiddle when he was very young.
Dr. Hertich taught him to play and Ed played in two bands
in Ste. Genevieve. All the Andre children played instruments.
The Andre band would travel around Nampa and Boise
performing during the 1920's.

The union of Ed and Amanda produced thirteen children:

1.   Elfred Agnes Andre (1885-1926), born in Ste.
      Genevieve, Mo., buried in Los Angeles, Ca.,
      m. David A.  Millen
      Children:
      1. Ponchetta M. Millen (1908-1955)
      2. Loretta/Lauretta Cosma (1909-1994),
          m. Eugene Smith, m. Floyd Nelson
      3. John Enis "Jack" Millen (1911-2000),
          m. Clara Burkhardt, Lucille ?

2.   Mary Henrietta Andre (1886-1892?), born in Ste.
      Genevieve, Mo., buried in Ste. Genevieve

3.   Eugenia Amanda Leonia Andre (1887-1997), born
      in Ste. Genevieve, interred at Dry Creek Cemetery
      in Boise, ID (109 yrs old)
      m. Kerry Monroe, Andrew Horton
      Child:
      1. Ford Monroe (1908-1996)

4.   Irving Charles "Buck" Andre (1889-1973), born in
      Ste. Genevieve, buried in Los Angeles
      m. Dora Buckner
      Child:
      1. "Living" Andre

5.   Russell Sylvester "Big Red" Andre (1890-1966),
      born in Ste. Genevieve, buried in Los Angeles.
      -No children

6.   Oliver Vincent Andre (1892-1935), born in Ste.
      Genevieve, buried in Nampa
      -No children

7.   Hildegarde H. Andre (1893-?), born in Ste.
      Genevieve, buried in Ca.,
      m. Porter Hudson
      Children:
      1. Florence Leona Hudson (1914-1992)
      2. Albert V. Hudson (1915-1969)
      3. Richard Elexander Hudson (1917-1987)
      4. Helen Jewel Etta Hudson (1918-1985)

8.   Antoine Preston "Pete" Dodge/Dorge Andre
      (1897-1988), born in Ste. Genevieve, buried in
      Los Angeles
      m. Clara Hightower, Ruth ?
      Step son:
      1. Gomelle Andre

9.   Blanche Ida Andre (1899-1986), born in Nampa,
      buried in Salt Lake, UT, m. Edward Henry
      Lawrence, m. Emanuel Buckner
      Children:
      1. Charles Arthur Lawrence (1918-1958)
      2. Edward Henry Lawrence (1920-1965)
      3. Margarete Amanda Lawrence (1922-1998)

10.  Martin C or E?. "Billy" Andre (1902-1923), born
       in Nampa, buried in Nampa
       -No children

11.  Georgianna Loretta Andre (1905-1987), born
       in Nampa Idaho, buried in San Diego, Ca
       m. Edward R. Greene/Greenoge
       Children:
      1. Edward R. Greene Jr. (1923-1996), m. Georgia?
      Seaton?, m. "Living", m. "Living"
      2. "Living" Greene
      3. Robert O. Greene (1926-1990),
          m. Angela Esquivel
      4. "Living" Greenoge
      5. "Living" Greenoge

12.  Erma Lorena Andre (1907-2009), born Nampa,
       buried in Boise (102 yrs old)
       m. Navy Madry, m. Lawrence Hayman
       1. Barbara ?
       2. "Living
       3. "Living

13.  Elreno Cecelia Andre (1911-1930), born in Nampa,
       buried in Nampa
       -No children

* Ed, Amanda, Oliver, Martin and Elreno are interred at Mt.
   Calvary Cemetery in Nampa.
 


Click on thumbnail to view baptismal
record of Elfred Andre and Mary Ann
Arthur/Janis (sister of Ed Andre)


 

Homegoing gathering for Charles Edward Andre
July 1948, Nampa, Idaho
L to R: Daughter-Erma Hayman, family friend,
daughter-Georgianna Greene, widow-Amanda
Andre (81), daughter-Leona Horton, family friend,
child-"Living"
 

 
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ANDRE HISTORY
FRANCE TO MISSOURI 
(FRENCH ROOTS)
AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN IDAHO
FEDERAL CENSUS RECORDS 1900-1920
BOISE/NAMPA COUNTIES
INCL. ANDRE/AMOUREUX RECORDS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN GENEALOGY-
MISSOURI ROOTS
INCL. ANDRE/AMOUREUX RECORDS
AMOUREUX HISTORY
FRANCE TO MISSOURI
PHOTO GALLERY
SURNAMES
FAMILY WEBPAGES
ANCESTRAL CHARTS
 

 



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