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Rathdrum Census 1901 | Ireland | VIEW SOURCE |
Andrew Belton was born on 24 Dec 1881 to tin plate worker Andrew Belton and Anne Caulfield in the village of Rathdrum, County Wicklow. He was the only boy in a family of nine.
His father died in 1893 when Andrew was only twelve. His mother began taking boarders into their house to earn money. Andrew did not follow in his father and grandfather in the tin plate trade, and instead started working as a painter in his late teens. In 1901, he was living with his mother.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Wicklow/Rathdrum/Main_…
On March 1, 1905, Andrew married Elizabeth Hyland of Aughrim, witnessed by Laurence Murphy and Sarah Hyland.
Children of Andrew and Elizabeth
Anne Elizabeth B. 8 Dec 1905
Bridget Mary B. 27 Sep 1907
Andrew Matthew B. 13 Nov 1910
Matthew Joseph B. 3 May 1914
Andrew and Lizzie lived at 4 Brewery Lane, a three roomed house with a slated roof and three front windows, rented from Earl Fitzwilliam. The family also kept pigs and chickens. Andrew continued working as a painter for the rest of his life. In August of 1907, he was commissioned along with John Fleming and William Hender, to repaint and clean up the iron work on Ashford Bridge.
Elizabeth's sister Sarah, a dress maker, lived with them for a while. In 1911, their daughter Anne was still alive but cannot be found anywhere in the 1911 census.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Wicklow/Rathdrum/Brewe…
In 1912, Earl Fitzwilliam again put numerous pieces of his property and tenant's house up for sale. Andrew, along with multiple other tenants of Brewery Lane, signed a letter demaning the distrct council of Rathdrum purchase their cottages from the Earl to prevent strangers coming in and taking their homes.
Andrew was a member of the Rathdrum branch of the United Irish League, an nationalist political party dedicated to improving the conditions and rights of Irish tenant farmers. Sometime i the 1920s he likely purchased his home in Brewery Lane under the Land Commission Act.
By 1928, Andrew owned two other cottages in Brewery Lane which he rented out to other tenants. He sold these by auction on Monday, 14th May at three o'clock.
His wife Elizabeth died on Dec 2, 1953 of congestive cardiac failure after six months.
Andrew died at his cottage in Brewery Lane on 5 May 1955 of cerebral haemhorrage "1 week", in the presence of his son Andrew. He was probably buried in Glendalough along with his parents.
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| Date of Birth | 24th Dec 1881 | VIEW SOURCE |
| Date of Death | 1st May 1955 | VIEW SOURCE |
| Father (First Name/s and Surname) | Andrew Belton | |
| Mother (First Name/s and Maiden) | Anne Caulfield | |
| Townland born | Rathdrum | |
| Names of Siblings | Sarah, Margaret, Mary Anne, Andrew, Frances, Ellen, Elizabeth Anne, Anne, Sarah | |
| Spouse (First Name/s and Maiden/Surname) | Elizabeth Hyland | VIEW SOURCE |
| Occupation | Painter | |
| Names of Children | Anne, Bridget, Andrew, Matthew | |
