John Andreas

John Andreas was born in Mariental, Russia. A German settlement in southern Russia, southwest of Odessa. Mariental was founded in 1804/1805 and was predominately Catholic. It is now Maryanovka, Ukraine. His parents were Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Andreas and Elizabetha WIld. He married Mary Matteri, and they immigrated in 1889 from Hamburg, Germany to New York. Their first two children came with them, Anton & Marie. After arriving they had more children. Barbara, Lizzie, Charlie and John. The family lived in North Dakota in 1900, and by 1920 had moved to Quincy, Washington. John passed away on July 22, 1927 and was buried on July 23, 1927.