Andreas was the fourth child of Friedrich and Anna Margaretha Gröninger.  His father had been a farmer back in Germany, but Andreas more than likely had some trade. He was "of Lindenbrunnerhof" in the 1825 baptism of his first child.  But in the baptisms of 1837 he is listed as "of Vorderweidenthal."   His sons Jacob, Fred and Henry were carpenters: Andreas a blacksmith: Christian a cigar maker.  However, there is no record of how Andreas made a living back in Germany.  He married at the age of 34 and had at least ten children.  Then at the age of 60 he and his family emigrated to America.  His younger brother, Friedrich, had settled in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana in 1840 and must have written letters home about the quality of life in Evansville.
The records at St John's United Church of Christ in Evansville indicate his son Jacob came over in 1852 when he was 22.  The others are recorded as coming over in 1853.  Jacob may have come over first to avoid being drafted into the German Army.  The youth of Bavaria were being conscripted into the army to fight Prussia's wars and many were leaving.  Eva Groeninger, a great granddaughter, wrote than an uncle on her mother's side "came to America so he (John Kern) wouldn't have to serve in the German Army.  She (her aunt) would never tell us about her family for fear they would be found by the German Reich."
So, by 1853 the Andreas Groeninger family had moved to Evansville. According to Eva Groeninger, the great granddaughter, it took them three months to sail.  They arrived to a city that was prospering.  The population of Evansville had gone from about 5,000 people in 1850 to 12,250 by 1857.  His younger brother, Friedrich, was farming up in Germantown, a little north of Evansville. Andreas settled in Lamasco which is the "old town "of Evansville  The city is located on the Ohio River in close proximity to the Wabash and White Rivers making Evansville known as the "landing for the Wabash."  Andreas must have worked after his arrival because there are two references to money owed his estate.  His wife Elizabeth was one of the creditors of the Anthony Bosch estate in 1860 and received $6.09.  A witness to her signature was F. Groeninger most likely Friedrich Groeninger, the younger brother of Andreas.  In 1866 the city council ruled that the "heirs of Andrew Groeninger" were due $3.00.
We do not know when Andreas died but his widow is listed in the 1858 Evansville City Directory as living on 4th between Goodsell and Walker.  She lived on the South Side of the street with the unmarried children and her married children lived next door. They needed each other.  Andreas died sometime before 1858.  Her sons Jacob and Fred went into a carpentry business together.  They even bought a house together in 1866 (116 E Penn)  but Jacob died in 1869 and Fred died the next year in 1870.    In 1874 all their houses were given house numbers.  Her son Andrew, a blacksmith, lived at 107 E Penn.  Elizabeth, widow, lived at 109 E Penn. Eustine (widow of her son Friedrich) lived at 116 Penn.  Eva, (widow of her son Jacob) lived at 120 E Penn and her son Henry, carpenter, lived at 111 E Penn.
Elizabeth lived until 1876 dying at the age of 69.