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Big Henry:
Was this Thomas Andrews connected or related to the Andrews of Titanic fame?

Brian Willis:
Hi Big Henry,
Were the two Thomas Andrews related? I don't know. What we need is someone with a family tree of one of these people. Because both have the same name I shall refer to them as "Titanic" Andrews and "Liquid Gas" Andrews.
"Liquid Gas" Andrews was born in Belfast in 1813 and died in Belfast in 1885 " Liquid Gas" Andrews left Belfast in 1828. I don't know if he ever married. He spent two years in Glasgow followed by a year in Paris then two years in Dublin and two years in Edinburgh before returning to Belfast in 1835. He retired in 1879.

"Titanic" Andrews was born in Comber Co Down in 1873 and drowned (as is well known) when the Titanic went down in 1912. "Titanic" Andrew's father owned the Andrews Linen Mill in Comber. It would appear "Titanic" Andrews spent all his working life at Harland and Wolff's. He joined as an apprentice in 1889. He married Helen Barbour and lived in Windsor Avenue. But really all that doesn't help. Perhaps someone else will join in this conversation and resolve the problem.

PS I have now added a list of his awards to that article on "Liquid Gas" Andrews. He was some cookie.