Anna Martha Andrews

   Cause of her death was Cerebral Hemorrhage.

  General Notes:

See general notes on her mother, Abigail Hagen, for additional census records ... 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930.

Anna's middle name is taken from the Oct 1929 death certificate of her sister, Henrietta.

By 1930 Lena and Henrietta have died and Anna has moved into an "old folks home" in Warwick Township: The 1930 Federal Census for Warwick Township, Lancaster Co., PA, District 119, page 1517B records Anna M. Andrews (80) living at the United Zion Home for the aged.

The 1940 Federal Census for Lancaster City, Lancaster Co., PA, District 36-85, page 181A, dated April 9, 1940 records Anna M. Andrews (90) living at the Ann C. Witmer Home 55-68 at 812 Columbia Avenue. Note: The Ann C. Witmer Home for Widows and Maiden Ladies was established around 1890 to provide assistance and housing to widows and single women over the age of forty-five. The home was located at 812 Columbia Avenue in the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. By the 1930's, the institution changed its name to the Ann C. Witmer Home for Aged Women. In 1971, the home was closed and building left vacant.


http://www.findagrave.com records the cemetery record for this Andrews Family: Parents Henry & Abigail and daughters Annie, Lenah, and Henrietta.

The text below was taken from http://www.uzrc.org/about and describes the United Zion Home for the aged:
The roots of United Zion Retirement Community (UZRC) are grounded in the Civil War era. Barbara Kauffman Miller was widowed at an early age and left with five young children to raise. In a common practice of that era, the young widow worked in the harvest fields, following the reaper and tying sheaves. In 1877, Widow Miller married Henry Firestone, a miller by trade. The couple had two sons. The Firestones gardened and Mrs. Firestone was a baker. They regularly took their garden produce and Mrs. Firestone's baked goods to the market in Lancaster. The baking become a good source of income for the couple and led them to establish the Pleasant View Bakery in Manheim Township. They later sold the business, moved to Lititz and got into the restaurant business. In 1902, the Firestones took into their home five elderly individuals that needed a place to live where someone could provide for their needs.
At the United Zion General Conference in 1904, the conference delegates supported the proposal to have a "Home for the Homeless" established by private individuals to be under the influence of the United Zion Churches.

At the United Zion General Conference in 1905, the conference agreed to purchase the "Home for the Poor and Indigent Persons" from Henry and Barbara Firestone. The Firestones were elected to serve as steward and matron of "the Home". The Charter was recorded and the facility was named the "Home of the Homeless of the United Zion Children Home". From the beginning, worship services were offered to residents, initially in the living room of the Firestone farm house. After building frame dormitories, worship services were held in a basement room of the dormitory. In May 1906, the trustees approved the construction of a 36X60 chapel with a bell tower housing a bell used to open each service. This chapel was dedicated with the initial worship service held November 10, 1906.
UZRC has grown from those modest beginnings with a live in steward and matron providing for the needs of a few individuals. The frame dormitories are a distant memory. The 1906 church was replaced by a brick structure in 1955. That former brick chapel is now redeveloped into two spacious cottages.

Today, UZRC offers cottages, apartments, personal care/assisted living, and skilled nursing care to about 135 individuals.

  Medical Notes:

Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944
Name: Annie M Andrews (single)
Residence: 812 Columbia Ave, Lancaster, PA
[Ann C. Witmer Home for Widows and Maiden Ladies]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 91
Birth Date: 8 Sep 1850
Birth Place: Andrews Bridge, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 26 Nov 1941
Death Place: Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Father Name: Henry Andrews
Father Birth Place: Chester County, Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Abigail Hagen
Mother Birth Place: MT Nebo, Pennsylvania
Certificate Number: 100235
Informant: A. M. Herneisy (Matron)