Background
Andrew was born on December 23 1826 in Banbridge, County Down Ireland and studied at Lee"s Academy in London. His father John MacCormac was the town clerk of Banbridge County Down, Ireland.
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He was also a writer and poet of some ability. He published one small volume of verse Via Crucis. Or Death and Life dedicated to Lord Hallam Tennyson.
He attempted painting landscapes, but those he exhibited at the Adelaide Easel Club, of which he was a member, were received without enthusiasm.
Sir Henry Ayers
Sir Richard Baker
Sir John Cox Bray
John Howard Clark
Sir Lewis Cohen
G. West. Cotton
Daniel Cudmore
John Darling, Senior
Review James Jefferis Congregationalist minister
George South. Kingston
Sir William Milne
Sir John Morphett
Admiral West. J. South. Pullen
Sir Robert Ross
Sir R. R. Torrens
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James Way Congregationalist minister (drawing)
Their children included:
second son Nicholas Chevalier (17 June 1873 - 25 July 1956) married Margaret Mary Edith Turner (1879-?) on 12 April 1906 in Goodwood, Société Anonyme
David Johnson (07 December 1874 - ?)
Mitchell Henry (21 October 1874 - 29 October 1954) married Mary Louise McGregor (cir 1889 - 5 August 1930) on 14 January 1915 at the Methodist Parsonage South Terrace, Adelaide
eldest daughter Idelette (19 June 1868 – 8 June 1931) Never married
daughter Muriel (12 November 1869 - 06 November 1939) married Harry Thomas Percy Macklin (1855 - 02 August 1902) on 19 August 1899 in Cuthburt Street Prospect, lived at Semaphore
Emily Mary (15 August 1880 - 07 November 1880)
youngest daughter Irene (07 March 1888 - 22 July 1963) married Friedrich Wilhelm Altmann (cir 1885 - 17 July 1954) on 16 October 1915, lived at Wilmington
They lived at Clifton Street, Prospect
He was awarded a gold medal at the International Exhibition in London 1862. He was awarded a gold medal at the International Exhibition in London 1873.
Samples of his work are held by the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Several of his portraits adorn the chamber walls of the House of Assembly, Adelaide City Council and the Town of Gawler.
