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Frank Grey, HISTORY OF THE MCLEODS OF HELENSVILLE, (1962), p. 29.
Andrew who as a two year old child was carried on that memorable journey from Riverhead to Awaroa was the youngest child of Isaac and Janet. He spent his early days in the tw0-storeyed home which housed his parents, brothers, and sister, and a girl who helped in the house. He and his brother James received their elementary education at the hands of Catherine. Later they were sent to a very good school in Paparoa conducted by Mr. Wilson. Here they received a good sound education. On reaching young manhood he and James entered into partnership in the timber contracting firm of J. A. McLeod. The firm had what was for those days a great number of men working for them. At 24 Andrew built a very fine home which is now the Dominican Convent. He married an Epsom girl, Miss Elizabeth Donovan; they had six children, two of whom died in infancy. Mark and Kathleen, both now deceased, were born in the Helensville home and two other daughters, Jean (Mrs. F.W. Grey) and Alma (Mrs. J. V. Carley) are both living. Mark had a family of three, Alan, Doris and Don; Kathleen (Mrs. R. McLaren) had a family of three, Jean, Jack and Douglas. Jean (Mrs. F. W. Grey) has five children, Lewis, Nancye, Kathleen, Frances and Eric. Alma's family of three are Betty, Brian and Ross. After the kauri forests were worked out, Andred had contracts for bush felling in several parts of the Auckland province. At the time of his death he and his family were living in close proximity to the home of Helen McLeod in Ponsonby. Much of the family history was heard by Jean McLeod from the ageing Helen.