Steen-Frost Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameAdam Andrew 
Birth22 Apr 1858, Rose Valley, Prince Edward Island
Immigration1875, To California
Lived1900 Pierce St. & 699 Brannan St., San Francisco, California
Death1941, San Francisco, California
OccupationBusinessman; president of Shasta Water Co.
MiscellanyIn 1889, formed Mt. Shasta Mineral Springs in 1889
Flags!MarySide, #Andrews, Linked, [FamLabel], [Gen11], [GenYes]
FatherFrancis William Andrew (1825-1895)
MotherCaroline Middleton (1824-1864)
Spouses
MiscellanyDied when Carol & Prentis were 6 and 7 years old -- Dorothy Forsythe
ChildrenCarol Ann
Prentis Edward (1899-1941)
MiscellanyDorothy Forsythe records her as both “2nd wife” and “governess.”
Obituary notes for Adam Andrew
Shasta Water Head
Andrew, R.C. Builder, Passes Away
Death came quietly yesterday to Adam Andrew of Redwood City and San Francisco, developer and president for many years of the Shasta Water Co. and builder of several Redwood City business blocks.
Mr. Andrew, who spent weekends at his home here at 505 Brewster Ave., passed away in his sleep at his home at 1900 Pierce St., San Francisco, where he lived with his wife, Ethel M. Andrew, and his daughter, Carol Andrew. A son, Prentis E. Andrew of San Francisco, also survives. Mr. Andrew had suffered from heart trouble, which caused his death, but had been active, although he had retired a few months ago as president of his concern, retaining only chairmanship of the board.
Born at Prince Edward Island, Canada, Apr. 22, 1858, Mr. Andrew spent his boyhood in that community, but came when he was 17 to California, settling at Sacramento. Later he moved to San Francisco, and still later established the home in Redwood City.
In Redwood City he built the Shasta Water Co. building on Shasta St., now occupied by Jay-Dee Leather Products Co.; the Andrew Building at California St. and Broadway, occupied by Bank of America; the adjacent building occupied by Redwood City Hardware Co.; the building next to it housing several stores, and the Tribune Building, later purchased by this newspaper. He still retained ownership of several of the buildings at the time of his death. Shasta St. was named after his water firm.
Private funeral services will be held tomorrow at the N. Gray & Co. parlors, Divisadero St. at Post, San Francisco.
-- Redwood City Tribune, 1941
Andrew, R.C. Builder, Passes Away
Death came quietly yesterday to Adam Andrew of Redwood City and San Francisco, developer and president for many years of the Shasta Water Co. and builder of several Redwood City business blocks.
Mr. Andrew, who spent weekends at his home here at 505 Brewster Ave., passed away in his sleep at his home at 1900 Pierce St., San Francisco, where he lived with his wife, Ethel M. Andrew, and his daughter, Carol Andrew. A son, Prentis E. Andrew of San Francisco, also survives. Mr. Andrew had suffered from heart trouble, which caused his death, but had been active, although he had retired a few months ago as president of his concern, retaining only chairmanship of the board.
Born at Prince Edward Island, Canada, Apr. 22, 1858, Mr. Andrew spent his boyhood in that community, but came when he was 17 to California, settling at Sacramento. Later he moved to San Francisco, and still later established the home in Redwood City.
In Redwood City he built the Shasta Water Co. building on Shasta St., now occupied by Jay-Dee Leather Products Co.; the Andrew Building at California St. and Broadway, occupied by Bank of America; the adjacent building occupied by Redwood City Hardware Co.; the building next to it housing several stores, and the Tribune Building, later purchased by this newspaper. He still retained ownership of several of the buildings at the time of his death. Shasta St. was named after his water firm.
Private funeral services will be held tomorrow at the N. Gray & Co. parlors, Divisadero St. at Post, San Francisco.
-- Redwood City Tribune, 1941
Notes for Adam Andrew
At age 17, Adam went to California and built his fortune around a 99-year lease on Shasta Mountain. He established a summer resort there and brought the mineral water to San Francisco where it was bottled and sold as Shasta Water. Subsequently, flavors were added and Shasta Water became a popular soft drink. Adam came back to Prince Edward Island for visits and, among his generous actions, financed libraries for Island schools.
-- Don Hutton, Andrew Family Genealogy
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Bread Upon the Waters
The movement for the establishment of Libraries in the Public Schools throughout Prince Edward Island is attracting considerable attention in various parts of the Dominion. Part of the press of Canada has grasped the importance of the idea, and it is generally felt that a Library should be part of the appointment of every school, either Public or Private. Give the children a taste for reading, and you give them something that nothing else can take the place of. The man or woman who does not care for reading must find at times that there is nothing else that can take its place. Notwithstanding the business of life, and the study necessary to success, there are times when only reading can give that pleasure and profit that nature craves.
The following from the Halifax Chronicle supports these statements:
"A few weeks ago we commended upon the worthy movement inaugurated in Prince Edward Island by a former resident, Mr. Adam Andrew of San Francisco, for the establishment of Libraries in the schools of the Province. The Charlottetown Guardian of Thursday prints the text of a letter addressed to Mr. Andrew by a Mr. W. H. Avery, Executive Manager of the San Francisco Chapter, American Red Cross, who wrote that he had learned of the movement from reading the editorial in the Halifax Chronicle, and the idea appealed to him so strongly that he supplemented his words of commendation by enclosing his cheque for One Hundred Dollars "as a small contribution to this most worthy cause."
We are glad to have been the means of giving such wide circulation to the fine movement which has been started in the Island and of enlisting such generous measure of practical interest. We hope that many other expatriate sons of the sister Province may be moved to emulate the public-spirited example of Mr. Avery. They can hardly show their affection for their old home in a worthier way than by helping to place a library in every school."
-- The Patriot, Charlottetown, Sept. 12, 1927
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Prince Edward Island
...operate with Mr. Andrew in placing Libraries in every school. It is a great thought and there can be no reason why ere long the school children throughout the whole Province and the older folk, too, should not have the pleasure and benefit of selecting books in the districts where every school is situated.
The matter is one of exceptional importance, and all who read Mr. Andrew's statement will feel that he is working along proper and commendable lines. We hope that something practical will shortly result in this connection and that when Mr. Andrew returns to the Island next summer, steps will be taken to bring about the placing of school libraries free to its people and its children. Theodore Roosevelt declared that, after the church and the school, a library is the most effective influence for good. The moral, mental and material benefits to be derived from a careful selection of good books cannot be over-estimated. No community can afford to be without a library. It is said that a taste for reading drives out lower tastes; and one of the greatest agencies for the happiness and improvement of a community is the school library."
The Island school library movement gives promise of becoming of great prospective benefit to the boys and girls and through them to their parents. Mr. Andrew could have done no finer service to his old home Province than his praiseworthy action in organizing the School [and] library plan. It is a public-spirited example worthy to be emulated. Novo Scotia has legislation on her statute books for the establishment of a similar system of libraries, but so far the Government has allowed it to remain a dead letter. What the Island Province is undertaking to do should stir it to action.
Halifax Chronicle, 1927
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In 1880 Adam Andrew bought land for the Shasta Springs resort, financed by Waterhouse, Weyerhouser, MacLeod River Lumber Co., and William Hearst (grandfather of Patti Hearst). Adam served as president; Archibald Clinton MacKinnon served as manager of the resort. Archibald married Annie Hay Andrew, half-sister of Adam (and mother of Viney Andrew).
Adam Andrew commissioned Spencer MacKay (for $7500) to create a painting that depicts old Charlottetown as it was at the time of Confederation. The 6’ x 4’ painting was presented to the major of Charlottetown Mayor on May 12, 1924.
-- Two handwritten notes, probably by Wally Andrew, 1996
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Adam Andrew moved to the United States in 1875 at the age of seventeen. He travelled west and settled in Stockton, California as a general roustabout for a small firm. He soon tired of this job and moved north to Sacramento where he took a position as a buyer and representative for the wholesale grocery firm of Hall and Lours. In 1889, with several members of this company, he formed the Mt. Shasta Mineral Springs Company. Throughout his life he was active in company affairs as president and chairman of the board. He died in 1941 at the age of 83. He is survived by one daughter.
-- Photo Caption
-- Don Hutton, Andrew Family Genealogy
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Bread Upon the Waters
The movement for the establishment of Libraries in the Public Schools throughout Prince Edward Island is attracting considerable attention in various parts of the Dominion. Part of the press of Canada has grasped the importance of the idea, and it is generally felt that a Library should be part of the appointment of every school, either Public or Private. Give the children a taste for reading, and you give them something that nothing else can take the place of. The man or woman who does not care for reading must find at times that there is nothing else that can take its place. Notwithstanding the business of life, and the study necessary to success, there are times when only reading can give that pleasure and profit that nature craves.
The following from the Halifax Chronicle supports these statements:
"A few weeks ago we commended upon the worthy movement inaugurated in Prince Edward Island by a former resident, Mr. Adam Andrew of San Francisco, for the establishment of Libraries in the schools of the Province. The Charlottetown Guardian of Thursday prints the text of a letter addressed to Mr. Andrew by a Mr. W. H. Avery, Executive Manager of the San Francisco Chapter, American Red Cross, who wrote that he had learned of the movement from reading the editorial in the Halifax Chronicle, and the idea appealed to him so strongly that he supplemented his words of commendation by enclosing his cheque for One Hundred Dollars "as a small contribution to this most worthy cause."
We are glad to have been the means of giving such wide circulation to the fine movement which has been started in the Island and of enlisting such generous measure of practical interest. We hope that many other expatriate sons of the sister Province may be moved to emulate the public-spirited example of Mr. Avery. They can hardly show their affection for their old home in a worthier way than by helping to place a library in every school."
-- The Patriot, Charlottetown, Sept. 12, 1927
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Prince Edward Island
...operate with Mr. Andrew in placing Libraries in every school. It is a great thought and there can be no reason why ere long the school children throughout the whole Province and the older folk, too, should not have the pleasure and benefit of selecting books in the districts where every school is situated.
The matter is one of exceptional importance, and all who read Mr. Andrew's statement will feel that he is working along proper and commendable lines. We hope that something practical will shortly result in this connection and that when Mr. Andrew returns to the Island next summer, steps will be taken to bring about the placing of school libraries free to its people and its children. Theodore Roosevelt declared that, after the church and the school, a library is the most effective influence for good. The moral, mental and material benefits to be derived from a careful selection of good books cannot be over-estimated. No community can afford to be without a library. It is said that a taste for reading drives out lower tastes; and one of the greatest agencies for the happiness and improvement of a community is the school library."
The Island school library movement gives promise of becoming of great prospective benefit to the boys and girls and through them to their parents. Mr. Andrew could have done no finer service to his old home Province than his praiseworthy action in organizing the School [and] library plan. It is a public-spirited example worthy to be emulated. Novo Scotia has legislation on her statute books for the establishment of a similar system of libraries, but so far the Government has allowed it to remain a dead letter. What the Island Province is undertaking to do should stir it to action.
Halifax Chronicle, 1927
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In 1880 Adam Andrew bought land for the Shasta Springs resort, financed by Waterhouse, Weyerhouser, MacLeod River Lumber Co., and William Hearst (grandfather of Patti Hearst). Adam served as president; Archibald Clinton MacKinnon served as manager of the resort. Archibald married Annie Hay Andrew, half-sister of Adam (and mother of Viney Andrew).
Adam Andrew commissioned Spencer MacKay (for $7500) to create a painting that depicts old Charlottetown as it was at the time of Confederation. The 6’ x 4’ painting was presented to the major of Charlottetown Mayor on May 12, 1924.
-- Two handwritten notes, probably by Wally Andrew, 1996
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Adam Andrew moved to the United States in 1875 at the age of seventeen. He travelled west and settled in Stockton, California as a general roustabout for a small firm. He soon tired of this job and moved north to Sacramento where he took a position as a buyer and representative for the wholesale grocery firm of Hall and Lours. In 1889, with several members of this company, he formed the Mt. Shasta Mineral Springs Company. Throughout his life he was active in company affairs as president and chairman of the board. He died in 1941 at the age of 83. He is survived by one daughter.
-- Photo Caption