Gaston, Joseph.  "Portland, Oregon, Its History and Builders."  Vol. 3. Chicago-
Portland: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1911. p.  289.
 
FREDERICK VIGNE ANDREWS

     Frederick Vigne Andrews, deceased, was recognized as one of the progressive
men of his period in Portland. He was born July 8, 1846, in London, England, and
his life record covered the intervening years to the 1st of November, 1904. His
parents were Thomas Robert and Annie 0. (Grave) Andrews, the former connected
with the old East India service.
     In the schools of London, Frederick V. Andrews pursued his education and
afterward engaged in business there as an indigo broker and later as a stock
broker. He had had considerable business experience, therefore, when he came to
America in 1879. The reports which he had heard concerning the Pacific coast led
him to establish his home in this section of the country. He settled first at
Corvallis, Oregon, but after a few months went to Albany, this state, where he
remained for six months. On the expiration of that period he came to Portland.
After a brief period, however, he returned to England on business which kept him
in his native land for a few months, when he again came to Portland and engaged
in railroad construction work, this being in the early ' 80s.  He was afterward
connected with railway interest's at Pond 'Oreille and in 1884 turned his
attention to the insurance business, entering the office of Ferry & White. A
year's connection therewith brought him knowledge of the business and in 1885 he
opened an insurance office of his own, becoming senior member of the firm of F.
V. Andrews & Company, under which style the business is
still carried on. He was recognized as one of the most progressive men of his
period in this city.
     About 1867 Mr. Andrews was married in London to Miss Mary Brown, a daughter
of Dr. Gossett Brown, a well known London physician. Mrs. Andrews is now living
in London. They were the parents of two children: Alice M., the wife of Rev. E.
L. Holmes, rector at Milton Ernest, England; and F. H. V. Andrews, who is the
present head of the business established and developed by his father. The death
of Mr. Andrews occurred November 1, 1904, and the community mourned the loss of
one whose worth was widely recognized as a business man, as a citizen and in the
private relations of life.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in February 2007 by Diana Smith.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.