Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Rev. John Mortimer Rendell

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 18 Dec 1847 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴²⁵ Christening: 30 Jan 1848 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Death: 10 Dec 1911 - Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England ( at age 63) ⁴²⁵ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: 1847, Devonshire, England.
• Residence: 10 Mar 1877, Figueira, Aveiro, Portugal. I suppose you have heard that John is a Missionary. The last letter I had from him he was going to Lisbon, to be ordained. He has succeeded wonderfully well and has four places in Portugal to preach, Oporto, Lisbon, (Figuera) and some other place and Madeara also. He has taken a house in Figuera and I suppose will take his wife there when his is ___ ___ ____.
.
• Alt. Death: 1911.

Parents

Father: William Rendell ¹⁰ ^,115 ^,168 ^,983 Mother: Fanny Rendell Carter ¹⁰ ^,33 ^,141 ^,142 ^,278 ^,292 ^,728 ^,2511

Spouses and Children

1. *Emily Wickenden ¹⁴² Marriage: Cir 1870 ⁴²⁵ Children: 1. Grace Helen Rendell

Notes
General:

160112: I have no evidence to support a marriage between John Mortimer Rendell and Emily Wickenden except for the Carter family tree by Joey Smallwood which is notoriously prone to errors. There is solid evidence of his marriage to Amelia Gregory.

070615:

Additional to the note above, the following is from a letter from Sarah Rendell Carter to her niece Ada Augusta Dawson [Rendell] Durrant dated Mar. 10 1877:

" I think John will be married in June to a daughter of Dr. Miller in London. I suppose you have heard that John is a Missionary."

From this we know that Smallwood's information was incorrect as usual and also that John Rendell became a missionary but I do not know if indeed he did marry the daughter or Dr. Miller sometime in 1877 or later.

!BIRTH: Nf Archives, Vol. 26B, Anglican Records of Births;
St. John the Baptist Centre.

This man married Emily Wickenden, and they had 2 daughters, Grace, Hel en.
Helen married Holden.
Smallwood research. No record.

Quote from a letter written by his grandmother Sarah (Rendell) Carte r to Ada
Rendell Durrant from St. John's, March 10, 1877:
"Neither of your cousins, (in) Fanny Rendell's family is
married yet, but I think John will be married in June to a daughter o f Dr.
Miller in London. I suppose you have heard that John is a Missionary . The
last letter I had from him he was going to Lisbon, to be ordained. H e has
succeeded wonderfully well and has four places in Portugal to preach , Oporto,
Lisbon, Figueira and some other place and Madeira also. He has take n a house
in Figueira and I suppose will take his wife there when he is [married ]."

John Mortimer Rendell

Sex: M
AKA: Mortimer Rendell ⁷⁸³⁰
Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1811 - Shaldon with Ringmore, Devon, England ⁴²⁵ Christening: 31 Dec 1811 - Shaldon with Ringmore, Devon, England ¹⁹⁹¹ Death: 19 Sep 1846 - At Sea ( about age 35) ⁴²⁵ ^,7831 Burial: Cause of Death: Drowned
Events
• Occupation: J. M. Rendell & Co., 1836, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It isn't 100% certain but it would appear from references made in the Robert Carter diaries that this person was in business in St. John's under the title J. M. Rendell & Co.

For example:

Wednesday 29 June 1836:
Wrote Miss Rendell and J. M. Rendell & Co.

AND

Saturday 2 July 1836:
J. M. Rendell came here in the night in the THETIS, John Sanders, Master, from St. John's, left this evening.
• Election: Electors supporting the nomination (failed) of Thomas Bennett for the 3rd General Assembly, 6 Oct 1842, St. John's, Newfoundland. As published in Star and Newfoundland Advocate, 6 Oct. 1842. Posted on Facebook by Blaine Dooley from DAI, 230224

Included amongst others:
Kenneth McLea
Nicholas Mudge
Walter Grieve
Monier W. Hutchings
William Grieve
Peter Rogerson
Thomas Duder
James McLarty
Henry Simms
C. T. Bowring
Nicholas Stabb
Samuel Prowse
Gilbert Clapp, Jr.
John M. Rendell
Andrew McCoubrey, Sr.
John W. McCoubrey
James Clift, Sr.
Thomas W. Gaden
.
• Departure: 4 Sep 1846, Salcombe, Devonshire, England. Beau Ideal United Kingdom The ship departed from Salcombe, Devon for Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

"Ship News". The Times. No. 19452. London. 21 January 1847. col E, p. 8.

Parents

Father: John Rendell ¹⁰ ^,168 ^,425 ^,459 Mother: Elizabeth Mortimer ¹⁰ ^,168 ^,425 ^,459

Spouses and Children

1. *Amelia Gregory ¹⁰ ^,481 ^,971 Marriage: 30 Nov 1840 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁸¹ ^,5051
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: William Newhook, Dean of Trinity, 30 Nov 1840, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: Sydney M. Carter, James Henry Carter, 30 Nov 1840, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Actually the full list consisted of:

Sidney M. Carter, John Gregory, Catherine A.S. Carter, James H'y Carter
. Marriage Notes

090621:

From Jean Carter Stirling's transcript of C of E records which she copied at the Provincial Archives, likely in the late 1990s or early 2000s:

Box 3
Marriages

P. 57, #11 RENDELL
1840, 30 NovJohn Mortimer Rendell married Amelia Gregory
Witnesses: Sidney M. Carter, John Gregory, Catherine A.S. Carter, James H'y Carter

300624:
Blaine Dooley post on Newfoundlander's and Genealogy Facebook:

RENDELL, John M & Amelia GREGORY - Times And General Commercial Gazette, 1840-12-02

Children: 1. Fanny Elizabeth Rendell 2. George Mortimer Rendell 3. Mary Hugo Rendell

Notes
General:

180720:

It isn't 100% certain but it would appear from references made in the Robert Carter diaries that this person was in business in St. John's under the title J. M. Rendell & Co.

For example:

Wednesday 29 June 1836:
Wrote Miss Rendell and J. M. Rendell & Co.

AND

Saturday 2 July 1836:
J. M. Rendell came here in the night in the THETIS, John Sanders, Master, from St. John's, left this evening.

J.M.Rendell was assumed lost at sea along with everyone else on board , during
the gale of Sept. 19th. Extract from Robert Carter's diary: "[during the gale]
many vessels lost of the Atlantic Ocean, among them I fear poor Mr. J.M.Rendell, ......"

080623:

There is considerable confusion as to dates and events pertaining to people named Johm M. Rendell or John Mortimer Rendell. I am sure that I have some of these events attributed to the wrong person because the dates do not add with what is known of their lives (e.g. children born after the believed date of death etc.). This will require considerable effort to work out.

271123:

This from Volume 16 of Robert Carter's Journals on Sunday, 7 March 1847:
"My Family put on mourning today for my Nephew
Jn^o M. Rendell, supposed to have been lost on his
Voyage from England to this Island in 19 Sept^r
Gale onboard the schooner "Beau Ideal", having
embarked in that vessel early in Sept^r & never
heard of since his Embarkation in Devonshire -"
Medical:

271123:

This from Volume 16 of Robert Carter's Journals on Sunday, 7 March 1847:
"My Family put on mourning today for my Nephew
Jn^o M. Rendell, supposed to have been lost on his
Voyage from England to this Island in 19 Sept^r
Gale onboard the schooner "Beau Ideal", having
embarked in that vessel early in Sept^r & never
heard of since his Embarkation in Devonshire -"

John Mortimer Rendell

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1899 ⁴²⁵ Christening: Death: Cir 1899 ⁴²⁵ Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: George Arthur Rendell ¹⁰ ^,168 ^,425 Mother: Marion Monahan ⁴²⁵ Marriage Did Not Marry

John Norris Rendell MHA

Sex: M
AKA: John Rendell ⁴⁸⁰
Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1852 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁶⁷¹ Christening: Death: 22 Nov 1881 - Twillingate, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 29) ⁴⁸⁰ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1845.
• Occupation: 2nd tidewaiter, Customs House, Between 1864 and 1865, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. RENDELL
. Eli, ship carpenter, house:29 North St.
. George, bookkeeper, 227 Water
. George, merchant, 82 Water
. George M., bookkeeper, 82 Water (w/Prowse)
. John, 2nd tidewaiter, Custom House
. Mrs. Elias, 55 Rennie's Mill Rd.
. Patience, widow of William, 135 Gower
. Stephen, President St. John's Floating Dry Dock Co., 143 Water St.
. Thomas, seaman, 112 Gower
. William, merchant, 82 Water St.
. W & G, Commission merc. & Insurance Agents, 82 Water St

Note that there are several Rendell's on this list who cannot be conclusively linked to any of the family members in my family tree. There were probably several families of Rendells in St. John's at the time who were more distantly related or not related at all.

.
• Election: MHA for Twillingate, Bef 1881, Twillingate, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Obituary: 1881, Twillingate, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. [obit: MHA for Trinity, of firm Job Bros.
died at Twillingate age 29 on board steamer
Hercules on his way to... Round Harbour. He
became ill and was taken into Twillingate.]

.
• Alt. Death: 21 Dec 1881, Twillingate, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Hon. Stephen Rendell ⁴⁸⁰ ^,1154 Mother: Catherine Norris ⁴⁸⁰

Leonard Charles Rendell

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1893 ⁴²⁵ Christening: Death: Cir 1893 ⁴²⁵ Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Pvt. Charles Mortimer Rendell 15th Bn., Canadian Inf. ¹⁰ ^,168 ^,425 Mother: Florence Green Simms ⁵³³¹ Marriage Did Not Marry

Lillian Rendell

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 25 Jul 1864 ¹⁶⁷¹ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1849.

Parents

Father: Hon. Stephen Rendell ⁴⁸⁰ ^,1154 Mother: Catherine Norris ⁴⁸⁰

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Notes
General:

180821:

I have not added the information below from Jean Carter Stirling's research notes:

LILLIAN RENDELL = JOHN WILLIAM WEST

The information for this family comes from England, dated 1966, and signed K.B.Stoddart, Tretower House, Merrow (?) Street, Guildford. Unfortunately it provides no dates whatever.

Their children:
. NORRIS WEST married in Tulsa, Oklahoma and had children, one of whom was a pianist in California.

. FLORENCE WEST married Doctor Sweet, his second wife; no children. Lived in New York.

. ELSIE WEST married Bill McLean, a schoolmaster in Upper Montclair, N.J. They had three children, 2 boys, 1 girl, all married.

. CONSTANCE WEST married K.B.Stoddart. At the time of writing, 1966, she lived in Winchester, England.
Their Children:
Stoddart, married Daphne, daughter of Gen.Ivor Hughes
Their children:a)Simon Kenneth, and b)Rosalind Mary.

2)Ian W. Stoddart, married Briget Pilolitch(?). Their children:
a)Jennifer b)Christopher c)Gavin 4)Emma
Rendell Stoddart, married Peter Marshall of the Foreign Office. They had one boy, one girl.

Lillian Fanny Rendell

Sex: F
AKA: Lillian Fanny Rendell Rendell ⁷⁸³²
Individual Information

Birth Date: 30 Mar 1905 - Islington, Middlesex, England ³⁶⁶³ Christening: 3 Jun 1905 - Islington, Middlesex, England ³⁶⁶³ Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1875.
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1905, London, Greater London, England.
• Census: Heathfield House, 147 Highbury New Park, 1911, Islington, Middlesex, England.

Parents

Father: Henry Woolcombe Rendell ¹⁰ ^,115 ^,142 Mother: Lillian Maud Allt ¹¹⁵ ^,142 ^,425

Margaraet Alexandra Rendell

Sex: F
AKA: Margaret Rendell
Individual Information

Birth Date: 1863 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁷⁸²⁵ Christening: Death: 1949 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 86) ⁷⁸²⁵ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Occupation: Newfounldand's First Professionaly Trained Nurse, 1897, Baltimore, Baltimore (City), Maryland, United States of America. Johns Hopkins Hospital Training School - 2 year course.
• Occupation: Matron of the General Hospital, May 1898, Baltimore, Baltimore (City), Maryland, United States of America.
• Residence: 82 Cochrane St., Baltimore, Baltimore (City), Maryland, United States of America. Now known as the Rendell-Shea Manor - a high end guest house.
• Interesting: Also the first woman to drive a car in Newfoundland, Baltimore, Baltimore (City), Maryland, United States of America. Margaret Shea was also the first woman to own a car in Newfoundland. She is remembered for driving throughout the city at "reckless speeds".

Parents

Father: Hon. George Thomas F. Rendell ¹⁰ ^,141 ^,168 ^,425 ^,6006 Mother: Mary Wix Wood ¹⁰ ^,141 ^,168

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Living

Notes
General:

Margaret was the first Newfoundlander to become a professional nurse,
graduating from Johns Hopkins, 1897.

Margaret Alexandra Rendell

Sex: F
AKA: Margaret Rendell ³⁷⁴¹
Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1863 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴²⁵ ^,3741 Christening: Death: 18 May 1949 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 86) ⁴²⁵ ^,7824 Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Degree: Nursing Graduate of Johns Hopkins University Baltimore,, 1897, Baltimore, Baltimore (City), Maryland, United States of America.
• Occupation: Professional Nurse and Matron of the General Hospital, Between 1 May 1898 and 1901, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Hon. George Thomas F. Rendell ¹⁰ ^,141 ^,168 ^,425 ^,6006 Mother: Mary Wix Wood ¹⁰ ^,141 ^,168

Spouses and Children

1. *Hon. George Shea ⁴²⁵ ^,3741 Marriage: 1900 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴²⁵ ^,2252 ^,3741 Children: 1. Capt. Ambrose Shea

Notes
General:

291203:

"Their daughter, Margaret, was the first Newfoundlander to become a professional nurse. Born on Duckworth Street, nearly opposite King's Road in 1863, she graduated from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore in 1897. In 1900 she married George Shea, who was Mayor of St. John's from 1902 to 1906. He was the son of the newspaper editor, Sir Edward D'Alton Shea, a brother of Sir Ambrose Shea."

" In 1929, the Rendell house was sold by auction to George Shea. On his death it passed to his wife, Margaret. In 1935, she conveyed it to her son, Captain Ambrose Shea, who was for eight years Private Secretary at Government House, and he lived there until 1972."

From "A Gift of Heritage - Historic Architecture of St. John's". 1975.

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061013:

This is an excerpt on her by Bert Riggs found on the NGB website:

Margaret Alexandra Rendell, the only daughter of George Rendell and Mary Wood to survive to adulthood, was born in St. John's in 1863.

Accomplished woman

As the daughter of a merchant family, she would have received the best education available in St. John's. She entered adulthood as an accomplished and talented young woman. She was quite proficient on the piano, which she probably learned from Adelaide Nutting, a teacher at Bishop Spencer College, in St. John's. In all likelihood, she would have played a major role in the social and cultural life of St. John's.

This lifestyle was not enough, however. She wanted to be of service. In 1895, with her parents' support and blessing, she enrolled in the nurses' training program at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. She may have selected this school because it was under the direction of Nutting, her former music teacher, who had trained under Dr. William Osler after she had left St. John's.

The program lasted two years, and in 1897 Margaret Rendell graduated as the first Newfoundland-born professionally trained nurse. After a short apprenticeship in the United States, she returned to St. John's, where on May 1, 1898, she was appointed matron of the General Hospital. Her salary was $480 per year.

Shortly after her return to St. John's, Margaret established a friendship with George Shea, a businessman she had probably known before leaving to attend Johns Hopkins. A widower, at 47, he was 12 years older than she was. Their relationship would certainly have put the tongues of upper-class circles into overdrive. They married in 1901.

It was still a time when women of Margaret Rendell's class did not work after marriage. She was forced to relinquish her position at the hospital, and did not work again.

Her life was far from empty. In 1902, her husband was elected to a four-year term as first mayor of St. John's. He was also an MHA (1904-1913) and a cabinet minister (1904-1909; 1919-1924). Success in those offices would have required the encouragement and participation of his wife.

Late birth

And just when the such an event seemed an impossibility, on March 24, 1908, at age 45, Margaret gave birth to a son, named Ambrose after his father's uncle, Sir Ambrose Shea.

Margaret Rendell Shea lived most of her life at 82 Cochrane St. After her father died, George Shea bought the property. Margaret lived there until 1935, when she moved into the Newfoundland Hotel, where she was in residence until her death.

In addition to being Newfoundland's first professionally trained nurse, Margaret Rendell Shea was one of the first, if not the first, women in Newfoundland to obtain a driver's licence.

She was notorious for the speed at which she manoeuvred her automobile through narrow St. John's streets, sending adults, children and animals scurrying for cover.

She died at St. John's on May 18, 1949, her accomplishments unrecognized by either of the city's newspapers, a forgotten pioneer of Newfoundland nursing.

Mary Rendell

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1754 - Stokeinteignhead, Devonshire, England ¹⁶⁷¹ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Elias Rendell ¹⁹¹³ Mother: Mary Lang ¹⁹¹³

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