Solomon Andrews (businessman)

There were five children from the marriage but only two survived infancy:[citation needed] His second wife, whom he married on 15 June 1870 in Knighton Parish Church, was Mary Jane Udell (born 2 March 1849) of Wrexham.

[3] There were six children from this marriage: By 1851 Andrews was living in Cardiff, at 17 Tredegar Street, and working as a baker and confectioner.

On 17 December 1863,[5] he obtained a licence to operate a horse-drawn cab from the new residential districts of Canton and Roath to Cardiff Docks.

Andrews intended this to be the start of a purpose-built holiday resort but the surrounding land proved unsuitable for further construction.

This building was intended to be a grocery and confectionery shop and the headquarters of the Solomon Andrews and Son firm.

A freehold site was purchased at Severn Road, Canton, in 1875, and a manager's house, bus shed, stables and workshops was constructed.

Andrews Terrace in Ferry Road, consisting of sixteen houses and a coffee tavern, was also constructed at around the same time.

In 1885 in James Street he began construction of Mercantile Buildings which survived until demolished in the 1970s during a road widening scheme.

In 1888 Andrews completed the Imperial Buildings on St Mary Street, Cardiff, which became known as Barry's Hotel.

Terraced houses were built from the corner of Blaenclydach Street south-westwards along Penart Road in 1891 to designs by the architect E.W.M.

Numbers, 11, 12, and 13 Bute Street (now Hayes Bridge Road) were rebuilt in 1902 to designs by the architect Lennox Robertson.

The stone required to build the West End was provided by a local quarry that he leased at Carreg-y-defaid.