William John Andrew born 1867, Swansea
William John named after James’s  grandfather and father, was a  master painter and married  Elizabeth Ann Williams from  Swansea in 1886. By 1901 they  had five children and were living  at 20 Baptist Well Place. William  possibly suffered from lead  poisoning brought on by mixing  the lead based paints he used in  his job. He died of exhaustion due  to dementia in June 1911 at the  Hay-on-Wye Lunatic Asylum.  Elizabeth re-married soon after  his death. They had seven  children: Philip 1889; Florence  1891; Lilly 1892; Beatrice 1895;  Violet 1900; Thomas 1904 and  Phyllis 1911 born after William  had died.  Lilly Andrew married Richard Coates in December 1912. Richard’s cousin Elizabeth Jane Coates,  married Lilly’s cousin, Francis Brinley Andrew in August 1922. (Lilly was William’s daughter  whilst Francis was the son of William’s brother, Francis). William’s youngest daughter Phyllis,  who never knew her father, married William Airs and moved to London. 
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