ANDRE FAMILY BAND - NAMPA, IDAHO - CIRCA 1920 L to R: Billy, Pete, Georgie, "Living", Elreno & Charles "Ed" Andre

     Ed and Amanda migrated to Nampa,
Idaho around 1898 with two other
families; George & Mary C.(AMOUREUX)
MAYSE and William & Mary (RIBEAU)
AMOUREUX. According to family history,
William "Babe" was a cousin to Amanda.
Although we have not been able to
confirm this family connection yet,
these three families together left
behind many of their friends and
families in search of a better life.

     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.

     There were very few  people of
African-American descent in Idaho
at the turn of the century

All the Andre children
played instruments. The Andre band
would travel around Nampa and Boise
performing during the 1920's.
     Ed and Amanda's daughter Leona
lived inBoise Idaho, she was 6 days
shy of her 110 birthday when she died.

      The children of Ed and Amanda:

1.   Elfred Agnes Andre (1885-1926),
      born in Ste. Genevieve, Mo., buried
      in Los Angeles, Ca., m. David A.
      Millen
      Children:
      - Ponchetta M. Millen (1908-1955),
         interred at Greenwood Cemetery in
         Fort Scott, KS. , m. James T. Lewis
      - Loretta/Lauretta Cosma Millen
        (1909-1994),
         m. Eugene Smith
      - 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
      m. Kerry Monroe, Andrew Horton
      Child:
      - Ford Monroe (1908-1996)

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

5.   Russell Sylvester "Big Red" Andre
      (1890-1966), born in Ste. Genevieve,
      buried in Los Angeles.

6.   Oliver Vincent Andre (1892-1932?),
      born in Ste. Genevieve, buried in
      Nampa

7.   Hildegarde H. Andre (1893-?), born
      in Ste. Genevieve, buried in Ca.,
      m. Porter Hudson
      Children:
      - Florence Leona Hudson (1914-1992)
      - Albert V. Hudson (1915-1969)
      - Richard Elexander Hudson
        (1917-1987)
      - 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

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

10.  Martin C. "Billy" Andre (1904-1923),
       born in Nampa, buried in Nampa

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

12.  "Living" Andre

13.  Elreno Cecelia Andre (1911-1930),
       born in Nampa, buried in Nampa

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

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Notes:
¹The Andre's/The Amoureux's . . .
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²Richard "Dick" Woods fought in the Civil
War. He was in the 56th United States
Colored Infantry, Co. H., Pvt. 1862-1866.
Incurred a gunshot wound to the left arm
and injury to the right leg while riding
upon a government ammunition wagon
on skirmish at Big Creek, near Helena,
Arkansas, Sept. 1865 . . .
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³Charles Gervey Randall . . .
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