Billy Andrews

William "Billy" Andrews was the son of Harmon Andrews and Mrs. Andrews, brother of Jane, Gracie and Ralph and the husband of Nettie Blewett.

Early life
Billy was born in early 1860s in Avonlea, Prince Edward Island, to Harmon Andrews and his wife. His sister Jane was born a few years later and they were raised together. Their younger siblings, Gracie and Ralph, were born in 1870s.

Billy attended Avonlea School at the age of six and finished it before Anne's arrival to Green Gables in June 1876.

White Sands Concert
On the way to the concert, Billy Andrews insisted that Anne should ride on the front seat of the buggy with him, so she unwillingly climbed up. She would have much preferred to sit back with the girls, where she could have laughed and chattered to her heart's content. There was not much of either laughter or chatter in Billy. But he admired Anne immensely, and was puffed up with pride over the prospect of driving to White Sands with that slim, upright figure beside him.

Proposal to Anne
Billy had begged his sister Jane (who was Anne's friend and more confident than he was) to help him propose to Anne. He was too shy to do it himself, although he admired Anne. Anne refused because she thought it was ridiculous that Jane would even try to ask her such a question (and Jane happened to disturb the peace that she and Anne were having at the time  of the question).

Marriage with Nettie Blewett
Billy had been given half the family farm by his father to encourage him to get married. Billy chose to marry Nettie Blewett, a former schoolmate over Anne Shirley. Billy and Nettie had together one son who was born and raised in Avonlea. In September 1914 his son enlisted to World War I along with his nephew, son of his sister Jane Inglis, and also with Stella's son, Priscilla's son, Philippa Blake's two sons and with his schoolmate, Jack Wright.

Physical appearance
Billy was a fat, round-faced, amiable fellow. He was a big, stolid youth of twenty, with a round, expressionless face, and a painful lack of conversational gifts.

Behind the scenes

 * If Billy had proposed to Anne Shirley in person, she would probably have been so surprised (that Billy could and wanted to propose to her) that she would have agreed.

Appearance

 * Anne of Green Gables
 * Anne of the Island
 * Rilla of Ingleside (mentioned only)