The Andress Family Register, a work in progress, documents the descendants of Jacob Andress of Beattystown, NJ. The AFR is found in the Archive 18 June - 02 Aug. 2007. The AFR has also been added to rootsweb.com.

Sunday, October 12, 2008

NW New Jersey Andress WWI & WWII Records


World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Charles Andress, age 45; born: 2 Sept. 1873; residence: Columbia, Warren Co., NJ; wife: Etta Andress

George Linford Andress, age 33; born: 3 May 1885; residence: Hope, Warren Co., NJ; wife: Mary Andress

William Andress, age 38; born: 21 March 1880; residence: 340 Bristol St., Buffalo, NY; wife: Bertha Andress

Clarence Sumner Andress, age 42; born: 27 Oct. 1875; residence: 4 Macoph???, Up. Montclair, Essex Co., NJ; wife: Cora ?Cleone? Andress

William Roderick Andress, age 34; born: 31 July 1884; residence: 46 High, Newton, NJ; wife: Minni Cole Andress

George W. Andress, age 29; born: 12 April 1888, Middleville, NJ; residence: 180 Broad St., Newark, NJ; single

Russell T. Andress, age 22; born: 12 May 1895; residence: Sparta, NJ; single; 2 years previously in National Guard

World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

George Linford Andress, residence: Hope, Warren Co., NJ; age 56; born: 3 May 1885, Portland, Pa.; person who will always know address: Miss Minnie D. Smith, Columbia., NJ (no relationship given); height: 5’10”; weight: 205; date of registration: April 27, 1942

Charles Albert Andress, residence: Coleville Rd., Wantage Twp., Sussex Co., NJ.; age 46; born: 4 Aug. 1895, Stroudsburg, Pa.; wife: Mrs. C. A. Andress; height: 6; weight: 260; date of registration: April 26, 1942

William Roderick Andress, residence: 79 High St., Newton, Sussex Co., NJ; age 57; born: 31 July 1884, Blairstown, NJ; wife: Mrs. Minnie C. Andress; height: 5’8 ½ ”; weight: 210; “mole on right temple”; date of registration: April 26, 1942

George Wintamute Andress, residence: 344 Woodside Ave., Newark, Essex Co. NJ; age 54; born: 12 April 1888, Middleville, NJ.; wife: Eva Andress; height: 5’10 ½ ”; weight: 162; “scar back of left ear”; date of registration: April 26, 1942

Russell T. Andress, residence: Linden Ave., Stanhope, Sussex, NJ; age 46; born: 12 May 1895, Sparta, NJ; wife: Mrs. Anna Andress; height: 5’10”; weight: 175; date of registration: April 26, 1942


(NOTES: Charles, born in 1873, was the son of Marshall H. Andress of Marksboro. Marshall’s son Joseph was the father of George Linford Andress, and Marshall’s son Albert was the father of Charles Albert Andress. Marshall was the son of Joseph who was born ca. 1803. Joseph had two brothers, Peter and Hampton. Peter’s son Roderick was the father of Isaiah Preston Andress and Joseph Clark Andress. Isaiah was the father of both the William, born in 1880 who resided in Buffalo, NY and Clarence Sumner Andress who lived in Essex County. William Roderick was the son of Joseph Clark Andress. Russell T. Andress and George Wintermute Andress were grandsons of Hampton Andress - George, son of Oscar Andress and Russell, son of Dr. Theophilus H. Andress. )

Stroudsburg Andress WWI & WWII Records


World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

William Snyder Andress, age 34; born 15 Oct. 1883; residence: 122 North 2nd Street, Stroudsburg, Pa.; wife: Lesta Susan Andress

Roy Lewis Andress, age 26; born: 12 Oct. 1890; residence: 102 North 5th Street, Stroudsburg, Pa.; wife and 3 children

Clarence Linden Andress, age 28; born 26 June 1888, Stroudsburg, Pa.; residence: 25 ?? Easton, Pa; wife & child

World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

William Snyder Andress, residence: 400 Lincoln Ave, East Stroudsburg, Pa.; age 58; born: 15 Oct. 1883, Stroudsburg, Pa.; wife: Mrs. Lesta Andress; height: 5’ 9”; weight: 165; “wears glasses”; date of registration: April 27, 1942

Roy Lewis Andress, residence: 474 Franklin Ave., Palmerton, Pa.; age 51; born: 12 Oct. 1890, Stroudsburg, Pa.; wife: Sadie M. Andress; height: 6’ 2”; weight: 159; “Third & Fourth fingers on lefty hand crooked due to injuries”; date of registration: April 27, 1942

Clarence Linden Andress, residence: 10 Rose St. E. Stroudsburg, Pa.; age 53; born 26 June 1888, Stroudsburg, Pa.; wife: Ada Andress; height: 5’ 8”; weight: 185; “sear-tip of finger - right hand”; date of registration: April 27, 1942

World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

Floyd L. Andress, born 1913, Carbon Co., Pa; enlisted 06 May 1941, private, single without dependents

Elwood K. Andress, born 1914, Carbon Co., Pa; enlisted 07 June 1943, private, single without dependents

John D. Andress, born 1920, Monroe Co., Pa; enlisted 21 March 1945, private, married

(NOTES: William, Roy and Clarence were brothers, sons of Hampton W. Andress and Eliza Ann Snyder. John D. was the son of William, and Elwood and Floyd were the sons of Roy.)

Records from http://www.ancestry.com/

Andress Students at Blair Academy 1848-1893

Souvenir Volume of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Blair Presbyterial Academy, June 16-17, 1898: Containing a Historical Sketch and a Complete List of Teachers and Students

The Blairstown Press Print 1898

Names of the Blair Hall Students

Page 35: 1848-1854, Lanning, Huldah J., Blairstown, (Mrs. R. B. Andress)

Page 36: 1854-1862, Andress, Isaiah, Blairstown

Page 42-43: 1862-1875, Andress, Huldah, Blairstown; Andress, Isaiah, Blairstown; Andress, Clark, Blairstown; Page 54: Wintamute, Editha C., Stillwater, ( Mrs. Oscar Andress)

Page 61: 1883-1893: Andress, Frank L., Blairstown

(NOTES: Huldah, Isaiah, and Clark Andress were the children of Roderick Byington Andress and Huldah Jane Lanning of Blairstown. Oscar Andress was the son of Hampton Andress of Stillwater. Hampton’s brother Peter was the father of Roderick B. Andress.)

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