Daily AncestorAndw.
Andw. or And. in old records is an abbreviation of the first name Andrew.
Andw. is a clerk's shortening of Andrew that keeps the final w, often written small and raised above the line. And. is a plainer cut of the same name.
One name chart adds that the same letters can stand for the French Andre. Either way, an index may keep the short form, so a search for Andrew can miss an Andw. entry.
As seen in a recordName column of the 1850 census
Andw. Gorsuch, 40, Farmer
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