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“THREE SCORE YEARS AND TEN” MISSIONARY WORK IN CHINA
Amy Moore
His three sons, Isaac, John and George were all brought up in the Wesleyan School at Reddish, and
the whole family attended the Methodist Church there. Arthur Andrew, one of George's sons, told me
that his grandfather Abraham started a String and Paper business under the name of Andrew & Sons.
Son Isaac became the organist for the Methodist Church, and his son James followed him there as
organist. We have no record of what John did except that he became mayor of Castleton, but his son
became a sea captain who plied up and down the China coast. George, Percy Moore's grandfather,
became a missionary with the China Inland Mission. He lived to be 73 and died and is buried in the
Shantung Province of China in Chefoo.
Uncle Arthur (Arthur Andrew) told me when I visited him at Stithians beyond Truro in Cornwall, that his
grandfather Abraham had attended the New Year service at the Methodist Church in 1889, but on the
way home slipped and fell and died seventeen days later as a result. Abraham Andrew's will gives
some interesting information:
Abraham Andrew Estate £2464/15/- (net £1896/16/4)
Abraham Andrew, late of 11 Wellington Terrace, Sandford Lane, Reddish, and of 3
Spear St., Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster, paper dealer, who died 17
January 1889 at Wellington Terrace, Manchester. Proved by Esther Andrew of 11
Wellington Terrace (paper dealer) and John Abraham Andrew of Prince Street,
Bridlington-on-Quay in the County of York (draper).
To wife Esther £1200 till death, and three sons, Isaac, John Abraham and George to
share equally on her death, or if any of them predecease their mother, the share is in
trust for their children. After all debts are paid, whatever remains above £1200 and
all books, to be divided among the three sons, furniture to his wife and then to the
three sons and their children.
£30 to be used within two years for the erection of the new Methodist School at
Aspinall Gorton, and £111 per annum for 10 years to the Local Preachers' Mutual Aid
Association."
The latter clause confirms what Uncle Arthur told me; that his grandfather was a Methodist local
preacher.
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Amy Moore
His three sons, Isaac, John and George were all brought up in the Wesleyan School at Reddish, and
the whole family attended the Methodist Church there. Arthur Andrew, one of George's sons, told me
that his grandfather Abraham started a String and Paper business under the name of Andrew & Sons.
Son Isaac became the organist for the Methodist Church, and his son James followed him there as
organist. We have no record of what John did except that he became mayor of Castleton, but his son
became a sea captain who plied up and down the China coast. George, Percy Moore's grandfather,
became a missionary with the China Inland Mission. He lived to be 73 and died and is buried in the
Shantung Province of China in Chefoo.
Uncle Arthur (Arthur Andrew) told me when I visited him at Stithians beyond Truro in Cornwall, that his
grandfather Abraham had attended the New Year service at the Methodist Church in 1889, but on the
way home slipped and fell and died seventeen days later as a result. Abraham Andrew's will gives
some interesting information:
Abraham Andrew Estate £2464/15/- (net £1896/16/4)
Abraham Andrew, late of 11 Wellington Terrace, Sandford Lane, Reddish, and of 3
Spear St., Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster, paper dealer, who died 17
January 1889 at Wellington Terrace, Manchester. Proved by Esther Andrew of 11
Wellington Terrace (paper dealer) and John Abraham Andrew of Prince Street,
Bridlington-on-Quay in the County of York (draper).
To wife Esther £1200 till death, and three sons, Isaac, John Abraham and George to
share equally on her death, or if any of them predecease their mother, the share is in
trust for their children. After all debts are paid, whatever remains above £1200 and
all books, to be divided among the three sons, furniture to his wife and then to the
three sons and their children.
£30 to be used within two years for the erection of the new Methodist School at
Aspinall Gorton, and £111 per annum for 10 years to the Local Preachers' Mutual Aid
Association."
The latter clause confirms what Uncle Arthur told me; that his grandfather was a Methodist local
preacher.
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