POSTCARDS

POSTCARD OF COAL BARGES AND STEAM SHIPS ON THE MONONGAHELA RIVER IN PITTSBURGH,PA

Sent by William Edward Andrews (1885-1958) on 28th October 1909 to Thomas William Thomas (1881-1923) in Altoona, Penssylvania.

The message on this post card is rather cryptic as the 'boy' William Rowland Thomas was less than 3 months old! Since William and Thomas were of a similar age, I am presuming that there was a close friendship between them.

However, in identifying William Edward Andrews as the sender of the card, I have identified the family that Thomas William Thomas and his wife Elizabeth (Rowlands) lived with after they cleared immigration on Ellis Island in 1906.

It was with Charlotte Elizabeth (Lewis) Andrews (1861-1940, her husband William T Andrews and their 5 children; Anna Elizabeth (1881-1924), William Edward (1885-1958), Charlotte Irene (1887-1963), John Alfred (1893-1951) and Clarence David (1898-) in Pittsburgh.

Charlotte Elizabeth, born in Aberammon, Glamorgan Wales, emigrated to Holidaysburgh, Pennsylvania in 1870 with her parents, Elizabeth (Perry) Lewis (1842-1877) and Thomas M Lewis (1837-1897) and three siblings. She was the cousin of Mary Elizabeth (Bowles) Thomas (1854-1918), the stepmother of Thomas William.

Thomas William Thomas (1881-1923)
THE AMERICAN DREAM THAT ENDED IN TRAGEDY
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