Irene Louise Andrews, Class of 1920, and Helen Frances Andrews, Class of 1926, were sisters, from Erie, Pennsylvania.

At the time of the 1910 Federal Census, Joseph Andrews and his wife, Frances Rowand, were residents of Erie, Pennsylvania. Joseph was born in New York, and Frances was born in Pennsylvania. The children - all daughters - were born in Pennsylvania. They were: Irene, 13, Marion, 11, Helen, 10, Josephine, 5, Frances, 2, and Katherine, 7 months. Before 1920, they added Charlotte, Gertrude, and, finally, James Harold.

Helen Frances Andrews was not living with the family in 1930. At that time, Helen, 30, was living in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, with her husband of two years, Willard Shultz Hammitt, 32, an Examiner with the New York Stock Exchange. The census record indicates their ages at the time they married. Helen was 28 and Willard was 30.

Both of Helen's parents died in 1938.

Helen Andrews Hammitt of New York obtained a license as a Registered Professional Nurse. The original issue date is listed as September 23, 1939.

In 1940, Willard Hammitt was an "Investigator, Stock" and they still lived in New York.

Helen Frances Andrews Hammitt, born January 14, 1900, died November 4, 1966.

Willard Shultz Hammitt, a Navy Veteran of World War I, died May 18, 1969 in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. They are buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Millcreek Township, Erie County.

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