Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Col. Walter Frederick Rendell ¹⁰ Mother: Dorothy Evelyn Webster ¹⁰

Philip Bayley Rendell

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 4 Aug 1891 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴²⁵ ^,1869 Christening: 30 Aug 1891 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁸⁶⁹ Death: Cir 1978 - ( about age 87) ⁴²⁵ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Membership: Inducted as a member of the St. John's Lodge, Freemasons, 22 Dec 1915, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Philip Bayly Rendell
in the England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921

England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921
Name:Philip Bayly Rendell
Gender:Male
Initiation Age:22
Birth Year:abt 1893
Initiation Date:22 Dec 1915
First Payment Year on Register:1915
Year Range:1910-1921
Profession:C.S. Clerk
Lodge:St. John's Lodge
Lodge Location:Newfoundland
Lodge Number:579
Folio Number:207.
• Occupation: C. S. Clerk, 22 Dec 1915, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Frederick John Wood Rendell ¹⁰ ^,168 ^,425 Mother: Mary Bayley ¹⁰ ^,425

Notes
General:

040818:

Had 2 daughters and a son according to Nimshi's notes.

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211218 from MG 281, File 48, Nimshi Crewe's Carter File:

Nfld. Archives
21 August 1964

Dear Doctor MacPherson,

On getting your letter of the 19th about Sir F. B. T. Carter's 1846 marriage to Miss Bailey of Hr. Grace, I felt sure she was one of the family there from whom my friends the late Canon A. G. Bayly, of Bonavista, and his nephew, Philip Bayly Rendell, of St. John's, descend, and rang up the latter to make sure. He told me that was the case, and added that he had given you some details about it. He said that there were three brothers about 1830 here, James Bayly, of Hr. Grace, from whom he is descended (I always knew that the Canon's forebears were of Hr. Grace placement), George Bayly, fahter of Lady Carter, and Robert Bayly, Customs Officer of Trinity, who married a Miss Kelson. The correct spelling of the name is Bayly, by the way. Miss Kelson was a sister of William Kelson, Jr., one of whose two daughters was the wife of George Mews and thus the mother of Arthur Mews and his siblings (wot a word!). A daughter of this Bayly-kelson marriage, Jessie Elizabeth, married in 1866 John Shears (presumably of Openahall, B.B.); perhaps this couple were the direct grandparents of the late Rev. Hugh Kirby and his first cousin, the late Max Shear who died here about a year ago. I have a file on the Carter family which you can see at any time.

Your sincerely,

N. C. Crewe

Philip Bayly Rendell

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1891 Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Frederick John Wood Rendell ¹⁰ ^,168 ^,425 Mother: Mary Bayley ¹⁰ ^,425

Notes
General:

!MARRIAGE:to Vera Hayward.
!CHILDREN:1922 - Elizabeth Bayly Rendell
1924 - Flora Clift Rendell
1927 - David Hayward Rendell, a professor at Memorial U,St.John's

Robert Rendell

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1797 - Shaldon with Ringmore, Devon, England ⁴⁸⁰ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: John Rendell ⁴⁸⁰ Mother: Elizabeth Poole ⁴⁸⁰

Robert George Rendell

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 2 Dec 1860 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁶⁷¹ Christening: Death: 27 Aug 1928 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 67) ⁴⁸⁰ ^,1428 Burial: 29 Aug 1928 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁴²⁸ Cause of Death: Cerebral Embolism ¹⁴²⁸
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1857, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Membership: Inducted as a member of the St. John's Lodge, Freemasons, 5 Jan 1883, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Robert George Rendell
in the England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921

England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921
Name:Robert George Rendell
Gender:Male
Initiation Age:21
Birth Year:abt 1862
Initiation Date:5 Jan 1883
First Payment Year on Register:1883
Year Range:1863-1887
Profession:Nectt
Lodge:St. Johns Lodge
Lodge Location:St Johns, Newfoundland
Lodge Number:579, 844
Folio Number:274.
• Occupation: Accountant, 5 Jan 1883, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Merchant, 1888, St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Medical Condition: Died suddenly, ROBERT GEORGE RENDELL, in his 68th year, 27 Aug 1928.
• Residence: Newfoundland Hotel, 27 Aug 1928, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

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

Spouses and Children

1. *Helen Williamson Mackey ⁴⁸⁰ Marriage: 9 Jul 1887 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁸⁰ Marriage Notes

St. Thomas's Anglican Church
Children: 1. Catherine Frances Rendell 2. Dorothy Rendell 3. May Rendell

Notes
General:

180821:

I have not added all the information gathered by Jean Carter Stirling below:

*ROBERT GEORGE RENDELL = HELEN WILLIAMSON MACKAY

Robert George was the son of Hon. Stephen and Catherine Rendell, as detailed above. He and Helen were married in 1887.

Helen Williamson Mackay was the daughter of Elizabeth (née O'Neal) Mackay b.2/5/1838, and Alexander McClellan Mackay (who died 1905) Pictou, Nova Scotia. Her parents were married 18/10/1859.

Her grandparents were Alexander and Helen (neé Sutherland) Mackay, who were married in 1821; and Charles O'Neal, 17/9/1789 - 24/10/1839 and his wife Pricilla (neé Williamson) O'Neal, born 17/5/1808, who were married 10/4/1828.

Her great-grandparents, (Pricilla's parents), were John, 1/8/1768-2/2/1815 and Martha, 13/3/1774 - 10/2/1824 Williamson.

BornDied
GEORGE RENDELL2/12/186027/8/1928
= 4/7/1887
HELEN WILIAMSON MACKAY 1860's8/1/1916
Their children:

. CATHERINE FRANCES RENDELL30/4/188816/5/1889

. DOROTHY RENDELL22/3/18901954
who died at Montreal
= 6 July,1909, St. John's
Norman Harvey Alderdice23/11/1877May,1917
Wounded and missing, W.W.I
Their children:(ALDERDICE)
1) Norma Monroe Alderdice24/7/191322/8/1999
= 29/1/1946, Cyril Mainwaring1958
children:(MAINWARING)
a)Jonathan Rendell Carter14/2/1948
Monroe5/8/1950
Pamela Alderdice10/2/1915
= Gordon Johnstone
Their children:(JOHNSTONE)
a) Victoria Johnstone (no issue)1941
Rendell Johnstone1942
= Carl Plett
Their children:(PLETT)
>Eric1970
>Melanie1972
. MARY RENDELL17/12/1891
= June, 1924, Ralph Barnes Herder18941955
son of Wm.James and Eliz.(neé Barnes)Herder
Their children:(HERDER)
1) Robert Rendell Herder 5/8/1926
= 9/10/1958,Bernice Adams, daughter18/2/1930
of James and Ethel(neé Reid) Adams
Their children:(HERDER)
a)Roberta10/3/1960
b)Susan4/1/1962
c)Martha18/3/1964
d)David13/10/1970
e)Mary Ann4/5/1973
Stephen Arthur Herder1928
= 9/9/1949
Lilian Joan Bursey, daughter of
W.J. and Marion (neé Baggs) Bursey
Their children:(HERDER)
a) Arthur Daniel1950
= Roma Colbourne
Their children:(HERDER)
>Matthew1978
>Nicholas1981
>Meghan1984
Lynn1952?
neurogurgeon, practicing in Montana.
. CICELY RENDELL29/5/189410/4/1932
= 28/5/1924, Wm. John Clouston23/11/189926/11/1990
son of Wm. John Clouston, 24/2/185110/11/1918
Their children:(CLOUSTON)
1) Jane Lawrence Clouston 11/7/192517/09/2002
Died age 77 of MS complications
= 15/8/1951
Roland Hutchings of Cow Head(div)17/1/1928
Their children:(HUTCHINGS)
William JohnHutchings1/1/1952
= 16/12/1972
Emma Irene Pittman22/2/1955
Their children:(HUTCHINGS)
>Benita Joanne25/7/1972
>Craig Fitzgerald12/9/1973
b) Cicely Elizabeth Hutchings29/12/1955
= 25/7/1980
Dwight Payne14/8/1954
Their children:(PAYNE)
>Joan Rendell Delia26/7/1984
Joan Rendell Clouston 30/10/1926
= 1952
Leslie Clothier, Nova Scotia
Their children:(CLOTHIER)
a) Richard William Clothier15/7/1952
b) Grant Clothier 23/5/1953
= 1990
Kelly ?
c) Gary Clothier 27/12/1956?
=Sue Ettinger,1980
Their children:(CLOTHIER)
>Leslie Jane Clothier 19/1/1982
d) Roger George Clothier29/9/1959
= Sept.1984
Lena Taraschi
Their children:(CLOTHIER)
>Rochelle Clothier24/3/1989
>Boyce Clothier 20/9/1992
e) Terrence Lewellyn Clothier19/4/196213/5/1984
John William Clouston died in U.S.Navy31/10/192817/3/1950
Elizabeth Annabel Clouston 7/10/19301971
=Laurie Ogilvie
Their children:(OGILVIE)
a) Robyn Joanne Ogilvie15/5/1958
. JOAN Clouston20/8/1898
unmarried: retired to Vermont.
¹⁶⁷¹

Robert William Rendell

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 8 Oct 1852 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴²⁵ Christening: Death: 2 Jul 1853 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴²⁵ Burial: 1 Aug 1853 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵⁹⁶ Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Oct 1852, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: Aug 1853, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: William Rendell ¹⁰ ^,115 ^,168 ^,983 Mother: Fanny Rendell Carter ¹⁰ ^,33 ^,141 ^,142 ^,278 ^,292 ^,728 ^,2511 Marriage Did Not Marry

Notes
General:

041006: Died young - Carter Family Tree

020311 from NGB Ang Cath Register of Burials:

Aug 1 1853 Robert William RENDELL 7 (9) mo Son of William Rendell Jr & Fanny Rendell Carter; born Oct 1852

This child died young.

!BIRTH: NF Archives, Registry 26A;

Sarah Rendell

Sex: F
AKA: Sally Rendell
Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1768 - Stokeinteignhead, Devonshire, England ¹⁶⁷¹ Christening: Death: 8 Feb 1837 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ( about age 69) ²³ Burial: After 8 Feb 1837 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ²³ Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Elias Rendell ¹⁹¹³ Mother: Mary Lang ¹⁹¹³

Spouses and Children

1. *John Wills ¹⁶⁷¹ Marriage: Children: 1. Sarah Foal Wills

Sarah Rendell

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 5 Sep 1791 - Shaldon with Ringmore, Devon, England ²⁵⁶⁵ Christening: 27 Sep 1791 - Shaldon with Ringmore, Devon, England ¹⁰⁰⁹ Death: 15 Feb 1879 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 87) ³³ ^,141 ^,425 ^,2565 ^,2908 ^,7834 Burial: 18 Feb 1879 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵³¹ ^,7835 Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: 1791, Shaldon with Ringmore, Devon, England.
• Alt. Birth: Sep 1791, Shaldon with Ringmore, Devon, England.
• Alt. Birth: 5 Sep 1791, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Birth: 1792, Shaldon with Ringmore, Devon, England.
• Departure: On board the ANGERONA bound for Teignmouth, 18 Dec 1835, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From the diaries of Robert Carter:

November 27 - December 18, 1835
Over the course of several weeks plans were being made to prepare the Angerona to sail with cargo and passengers from St. John's to Teignmouth. Amongst the passengers would be Carter's wife, Sarah and their son James, presumably returning for another session at school there. The Angerona set sail on the 18^th and Carter returned home to care for his four daughters, Eliza, Fanny, Mary and Emily, the youngest. There is no mention of Robert Jr. who presumably was considered able to fend for himself, though he was only 16 and had two older sisters who were considered to be in need of their father's care.
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• Arrival: From St. John's, after 19 day passage, 7 Jan 1836, Teignmouth, Devon, England. Wednesday, 9 March 1836
"Richard Dullanty came from St. John's, brought accounts of Angerona's arrival at Teignmouth on 7 January, 19 dats passage."
• Arrival: Returning from Torquay, England on SWALLOW, 28 day crossing, 6 Aug 1836, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Saturday, 6 August 1836
The ketch, SWALLOW, Capt. Whiteway, 28 days from Torquay, came off this morning early at 9 a.m. Mrs. Carter and Robert landed from her in health and safety.
• Departure: for Plymouth on ANGERONA, 15 Nov 1838, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The ANGERONA belonged to her husband, Robert Carter, JP.
• Arrival: From Plymouth on board the LADY LOUISA, 4 Jul 1839, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Sarah had one of her daughters with her but we don't know which because she was only named as "Miss Carter".
• Property: Conveyance of parcel of land to Patrick Dullanty (Delahunty), 20 Jun 1857, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Party)
• Court: Mortgage on property of Felix Dowsley, Druggist, Torbay Rd., 25 May 1861, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: 91 Water St., 1863, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Occupant)
• Residence: Cathedral Hill, 1863, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Occupant)
• Court: Mortgage of lane between Gower St. and Freshwater Rd., 23 Mar 1864, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Will: Supreme Court Probate Office, 27 Sep 1866, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Transcribed by Judy Benson & Ivy Benoit. While we have endeavored to be as correct as humanly possible, there could be some typographical errors

Will of Sarah Carter from Newfoundland will books volume 4 page 33 probate year 1879

In re
Sarah Carter deceased.

This is the last will of me Sarah Carter of St. John's, widow, of Robert Carter Esqr late of Ferryland, deceased. I give & bequeath all my property, real & personal & wheresoever situate to my executor hereinafter named & his heirs in trust to pay assign & appropriate the same equally amongst my children Eliza Hoyles, Robert Carter, Fanny Randell, Mary McLea & James Carter to the several use of them & their heirs for ever. I direct that the shares of my married daughters shall be for their sole & separate use & not subject to either the debts or control of their respective husbands. I appoint my son Robert my executor. Signed & published by the said testatrix at St. John's this twenty-seventh day of September A.D. 1866, in our presence who in her presence have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses at the same time. Sarah Carter. John Skeoch. George Simms.

Certified correct,
D. M. Browning
Registrar

© Judy Benson, Ivy Benoit and NL GenWeb.
• Court: Release of Mortgage on lane between Gower St. and Freshwater Rd., 6 Jan 1870, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Sarah Rendell Carter releasing Margaret Long from this mortgage upon full payment of the loan plus interest.
• Documentation: Letter to Ada Rendell from her Aunt Sarah (Rendell) Carter, 20 Jul 1874, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: Boarding with Mrs. Jackman, 20 Jul 1874, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Sarah Carter et al to James L. Noonan re property on Torbay Rd., 27 Oct 1875, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Sarah [Rendell] Carter, widow of Robert Carter, is the major owner of a property about half a mile from St. John's on the west side of Torbay Rd. by virtue of the default on a mortgage she had given to the grantee, Felix Dowsley. The other owners are William and George T. Rendell, partners in W & G Rendell and Company, by virtue of their somewhat smaller endebtedness from Dowsley. By this indenture they jointly sell their interests to James L. Noonan, Landings and Tide Surveyor, Revenue, subject to an existing seven year lease to Garrett Dooley.
• Court: Possible buy-back mortgage from James Noonan to Sarah Carter, 1 Nov 1875, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Documentation: Letter to Ada Rendell from her Aunt Sarah (Rendell) Carter, 10 Mar 1877, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: Boarding with Miss Fry who runs a school, 10 Mar 1877, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: 1879, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: Cochrane St., 1879, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Medical Condition: Suffered long periods of ill health, possibly related to depression, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Robert Carter's diary makes frequent mention of his wife's being indisposed for lengthy periods of time without any explanation. Jean Carter Stirling offered this as an explanation on 180720:

Robert's wife Sarah suffered from depression …. at one point she spent a week at the mental hospital I seem to remember but I don't recall who told me that …. as far as I know it was in the hospital records. When she went to England for visits she seemed to perk up. xxxx Jean.

Parents

Father: John Rendell ¹⁰ Mother: Fanny Bulley ¹⁰

Spouses and Children

1. *Robert Carter JP ⁵ ^,10 ^,33 Marriage: 25 Apr 1815 - Shaldon with Ringmore, Devon, England ¹⁶²⁸ ^,2565 ^,3176 ^,3178 ^,3179 ^,3180
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Vicar Westcott, St. Nicholas Anglican Church, Ringmore, 25 Apr 1815, Shaldon with Ringmore, Devon, England.
• Witnesses: T. B. Rendell [brother Thomas Bulley], Elizabeth Rendell, Eliza Howe Carter, 25 Apr 1815, Shaldon with Ringmore, Devon, England. Marriage Notes

050811:

Transcript by Gordon Handcock reads: "25.4.1815 Robert Carter of St. Saviour, Dartmouth, Merchant and Sarah Rendell of Shaldon"

210721 from FindMyPast:

Devon Marriages Transcription
First name(s)Robert
Last nameCarter
Marriage year1815
Marriage date25 Apr 1815
Spouse's first name(s)Sarah
Spouse's last nameRendell
PlaceShaldon with Ringmore
ParishShaldon
DenominationAnglican
CountyDevon
CountryEngland
ArchiveSouth West Heritage Trust
Record setDevon Marriages And Banns
CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
SubcategoryParish Marriages
Collections fromEngland, United Kingdom
Devon Family History Society

Transcriptions Â© Devon Family History Society
Children: 1. Eliza Howe Carter 2. Fanny Rendell Carter 3. Robert Carter 4. James Henry B. Carter 5. Mary Lucretia Rendell Carter 6. Harriette Louisa Carter 7. Emily Sarah Carter

Notes
General:

210806:

BDM reports that death notice appeared on 18 Feb 1879 in: 1) Gazette (Royal Newfoundland Gazette) 1807- 2) Newfoundlander 1827-1884 3) Morning Chronicle 1865-1881 and added that Deceased passed away on the 15th inst. and was the widow of the late Robert Carter, Ferryland. Funeral held from her residence, Cochrane St. on the date of publication Aged 87

Because of her age and name and the attachment to the Carters of both her and William Rendell I have indicated that they are brother and sister and both hail from where we knew William came (Shaldon in Devon).This needs to be verified.

261106: George Le Messurier family tree notation indicates she visited England with son James and husband for the first time in 21 years 0n 31 12 1835 and returned in May 1836 on Ketch Swallow from Torquay

111109: The baptismal record for her daughter, Eliza, as recorded on the NGB website could be confusing: Eliza Howe CARTER Robert & Sarah b Mar 8 1816 bap Sep 27 1818 Formerly of Dartmouth, County of Devon, England, now of Ferryland.

This means that the father was formerly from Dartmouth. Neither her daugher nor Sarah was as far as I know.

050811:

With regard to Sarah's place and date of birth I have seen a relatively clear photocopy of the birth register of St. Nicholas Church in Shaldon and can confirm that she was born there and christened on Sept. 27, 1791.

080312 from NGB Ang Cath Bur Reg:

Sarah CARTER St Johns 87 yrs Feb 18 1879 Nee Rendell, married Robert Carter 1815

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25 May 1914 Email from Jean Carter Stirling:

I have copies of letter exchanges in the 1870's where Sarah Carter (widow, living in a St. John's boarding house not far from her son Robert) speaks of James and his wife (married 1874) Catherine Johnstone of New Brunswick, a widow with grown children, two married. She owns a farm, and they are living there.

100814 from NGB website:

Will of Sarah Carter
from Newfoundland will books volume 4 page 33 probate year 1879
In re
Sarah Carter deceased.
This is the last will of me Sarah Carter of St. John's, widow, of Robert Carter Esqr late of Ferryland, deceased. I give & bequeath all my property, real & personal & wheresoever situate to my executor hereinafter named & his heirs in trust to pay assign & appropriate the same equally amongst my children Eliza Hoyles, Robert Carter, Fanny Randell, Mary McLea & James Carter to the several use of them & their heirs for ever. I direct that the shares of my married daughters shall be for their sole & separate use & not subject to either the debts or control of their respective husbands. I appoint my son Robert my executor. Signed & published by the said testatrix at St. John's this twenty-seventh day of September A.D. 1866, in our presence who in her presence have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses at the same time. Sarah Carter. John Skeoch. George Simms.
Certified correct,
D. M. Browning
Registrar

070615:
Here is a letter transcribed by Jean Carter Stirling from Eliza Howe [Carter] Hoyles to her cousin Ada Augusta Dawson [Rendelll] Durrant informing her of the recent death of Eliza's mother:

Robert and Sarah (Rendell) CARTER
Carbonear,Mar.17,1879
My dear Ada.
Your kind letter to your Aunt came too late for her to read as you will have learnt ere this reaches you, from your cousin George. My dear Mother passed away quietly and peacefully without any suffering and sensible to the last at so great an age -- eighty seven. The last of her family, only Aunt Rendell remains and she is very feeble now. No one can tell how much I miss my dear Mother. I am getting old myself, being two years older now than dear Mamma was when Papa died. She ever took a great interest in you and grieved so much as we all did when we heard that you had found the Mormons, but surely Ada, this cannot be true. I cannot fancy that the little child I loved so dearly has so forgotten her Bible and the early instructions she received. You were a little, very little older than your little cousins when your poor Mother died and I took charge of you. It is not likely we shall meet again on earth. Oh seek your Saviour, Ada, ere it is too late. You may perhaps have done so and are now at peace with God through Jesus Christ our Lord. But if you hold the doctrine of the Mormonites which is contrary to scripture this cannot be. See to it dear Ada before it be too late. It is a solemn thing to die.
I cannot give you much information about your old friends, I am not often in St. John's now. Wm. Kell (?) died last summer. I suppose you remember him. Thomas G. Morry is also dead and John Morry's wife. Robert Morry at Caplin Bay has lost five daughters in diphtheria. My husband has not been well for some time. He was in England last summer and spent many happy hours with Fanny and her family. They are all such nice young people all engaged in doing some work for their Saviour. There has been a great deal of sickness here this winter. The weather has been very changeable. I trust your children will be a great comfort to you as they grow up. At present I am sure they are.
With very kind love and praying that you may be taught by the Holy Spirit for Christ's sake, believe me to be, dear Ada,
Your affectionate cousin Eliza H. Hoyles

010419:
There are a number of Indentures in the Central District Court Records at the ROD between 1861-1870 referring to a Sarah Carter, Widow. I was uncertain at first whether these referred to this Sarah Rendell Carter. Then I discovered that George Thomas Rendell and William Rendell, her nephews, were also involved in all three transactions so now there is no doubt.

120419:

In one instance what appears to have happened is that she gave a mortgage to a man named Felix Dowsley for a property on the west side of the Torbay Rd. about a half a mile from town. This was in 1861. From what follows, it appears that he defaulted on this mortgage to her as well as another pre-exisiting mortgage to her nephews, the partners in William and George Rendell and Company, and they then jointly sold it to James L. Noonan of St. John's "Landing and Tide Surveyor" in October 1875. No word of what became of Dowsley's equity, if any, in the property at the time that he defaulted on his loans. At the time of this later sale, it was then under a seven year lease to Garrett Dooley. So it appears that for all concerned this was an investment and not a property they ever intended to occupy personally. A few days after the sale, on November 1, 1875 there is another indenture, this time only involving Sarah Carter and James Noonan in which she in turn seems to be getting $800 from him in a sort of buy-back mortgage of the same property he has just purchased from her and her nephews.
!DEATH: Obit, 18 Feb 1879 Gazette;Sarah Carter, widow
Robert Carter J.P. Ferryland District, died aged 87
Cochrane St.,St. John's.

Hon. Stephen Rendell

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 24 May 1819 - Coffinswell, Devon, England ⁴⁸⁰ Christening: 11 Jun 1819 - Coffinswell, Devon, England ⁴⁸⁰ ^,7836 Death: 4 Apr 1893 - Coffinswell, Devon, England ( at age 73) ⁴⁸⁰ ^,1161 ^,3085 Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Interesting: Played a major role in perfecting the manufacture and use of the cod trap, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Appointment: Member of Protestant School Board, 1852, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Trinity Bay South.
• Occupation: Manager of Job Bros. & Co., Between 1854 and 1881, Hants Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Election: MHA for Trinity Bay, Between 1859 and 1873, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: St. John's Petty Jury and Grand Jury Lists, Foreman, Grand Jury, 1861, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Uploaded to Newfoundlanders and Genealogy Facebook by Edward Chafe, July 2020.
• Occupation: Merchant, Water St., 1861, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: President St. John's Floating Dry Dock Co., 143 Water St., 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.

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• Appointment: Member of the Legislative Council (MLC); Minister Without Portfolio, Between 1874 and 1879, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: 5 Apr 1893, Coffinswell, Devon, England. Most likely date of burial.

Parents

Father: John Rendell ⁴⁸⁰ Mother: Elizabeth Gotbed ⁴⁸⁰

Spouses and Children

1. *Catherine Norris ⁴⁸⁰ Marriage: 30 Sep 1852 - Blackhead, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁸⁰ ^,1671
Marriage Events
• Alt. Marriage: Cir 1845. Children: 1. John Norris Rendell MHA 2. Arthur Stephen Rendell 3. James Elliott Rendell 4. Dr. Herbert Rendell ISO, OBE 5. Robert George Rendell 6. Charlotte Elizabeth Rendell 7. Lillian Rendell 8. William Weston Turner Rendell

Notes
General:

300513 from Dictionary of Newfoundland and Labrador Biography:

RENDELL, STEPHEN (1819-1893). b Coffinswell, England 24 May; manager Job Brothers & Co 1854-81; MHA Trinity Bay 1859-73; MLC 1874-82; Minister without portfolio 1874-79; d Coffinswell 5 Apr. Rendell came to Newfoundland in 1835 to work with the firm of Job Brothers & Co. He was for many years manager of Jobs' establishment at Hant's Harbour and is credited with having introduced rabbits to Newfoundland there in the 1860s. Rendell represented Trinity Bay in the House of Assembly from 1859 as a Conservative supporter of Hugh W. Hoyles. Elected as Confederate in 1869, he was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1874 by Frederick B. T. Carter. Rendell sat in Carter's cabinet and later that of William V. Whiteway, but was dropped from the cabinet after voicing his opposition to Whiteway's plan to build a railway across Newfoundland. RHC

210715:
Credited by Joey Smallwood in the Book of Newfoundland with bringing rabbits to Newfoundland for the first time.

140817:

Joey also credited him with playing a role in the development of the cod trap. In an article which appeared in his regular column "The Barrelman" in September 1938, Joey suggested that after the cod trap was invented and first tested by the father of Capt. George Whitley, Willam Henry Whitely, who worked for Job Bros., it was eventually turned over to Stephen Rendell, who was manager with Job Bros., he had a duplicate made by Boston Net & Twine Company and tested for two years off of Quidi Vidi, during which time the bugs were worked out. He had been advised to patent the invention but by then it was too late as many of them had been made and were modified and in use. See the article in the media folder, which came from the ledger of Dad Morry in which someone (Mom Morry or Aunt Pyllis) had pasted interesting news clippings in the late 30s/early 40s.

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241218 from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography but found on Teignsnfld Blog Spot:

RENDELL, STEPHEN, merchant and politician; b. 24th May 1819 in Coffinswell, England, son of John Rendell; m. 30thSept. 1852 Catharine Norris in Blackhead, Conception Bay, Nfld, and they had six sons, one of whom died in infancy, and two daughters; d 4thApril1893 in Coffinswell.
Stephen Rendell was the younger of two sons of John Rendell, a Devon trader with Newfoundland interests dating from as early as 1793. In November 1834 John Rendell witnessed the indenture of his 15-year-old son as an apprentice to the firm of Bulley, Job and Company of St John's, whose principals were Thomas Bulley, John Job, Robert Job, and Thomas Bulley Job. This important company, founded by Samuel and John Job towards the end of the previous century, was already emerging as one of the largest Newfoundland mercantile houses with the by now traditional English West Country base. (It would later move its headquarters to Liverpool.) In 1895 the historian Daniel Woodley Prowse recorded Rendell's memories of this era. "The late Hon. Stephen Rendell has often told me that even when he first came to the Colony in 1834, hundreds of sturdy Devonshire lads came out every spring to Rowell's, Boden's, Bulley's, Job's, and many others on the South Side [of St John's harbour] and Hoyle's Town (Maggotty Cove), and to Torbay, Bay Bulls, Petty Harbour. All these 'youngsters' were shipped for two summers and a winter. The coming and going of the Newfoundland men was an event in Devonshire. The rurals reckoned the time by the old Church of England lectionary: Jan! the Parson be in Pruverbs, the Newfanlan men will soon be a coming home.
But not Stephen Rendell: his indenture was for a period of five years of service in return for "good and sufficient Board and Lodging," £20 currency per annum for the first two years, £25 for the third, £35 for the fourth, and £50 for the last year. Bulley, Job and Company for its part undertook to instruct him "in the art and mystery of a Commission Merchant." Quickly proving himself adept in the trade, Rendell at the end of his apprenticeship became an agent of the firm in various capacities in several Newfoundland out ports, principally on Trinity Bay. He managed the firm's extensive business at Hant's Harbour, and at some time, probably in the 1850s, he seems also to have operated businesses in Carbonear and Old Perlican, on his own or in partnership with other merchants. At Blackhead on Conception Bay he met and married Catharine Norris, the daughter of a Wesleyan minister. The Newfoundland Bulletin, possibly quoting a contemporary source, recorded that "as a merchant he was honourable, enterprising and at the same time cautious and very acute and every man, woman and child in Trinity Bay knew him and loved him."
By the mid 1850s the older generation in the firm, now known as Job Brothers and Company, had retired and there were changes in its partners and management. In December 1859 Stephen Rendell joined Samuel Job, Thomas Bulley Job, and Thomas Raffles Job as a partner and also as general manager of the entire Newfoundland enterprise, with his residence in St John's. Here he directed the firm's business in supplying the cod and seal fisheries and in a large export trade with Europe and Brazil. In 1859 Rendell, a Conservative, also began his career in politics when he was elected to the House of Assembly as a member for Trinity Bay. He held his seat until 1873 in 1869 he was one of only a handful of supporters of confederation elected. In 1874 he was appointed to the Legislative Council and during the 1870s was a member of the Executive Council under the administrations of Carter and William Vallance Whiteway
Rendell participated fully in the life of the colony in other ways. He interested himself in the mining and sawmill industries. In 1841– 42 he had been a founding member and president of the Agricultural Society of St John's. An eager sportsman since his boyhood in Devon, he was responsible when president for the introduction of the snowshoe hare into Newfoundland to supplement the native arctic hare, whose numbers were dwindling. He imported the hares from Nova Scotia and released them in various locations throughout the island, where they soon became an important local food resource. Throughout his career Rendell devoted himself to the service of public institutions: the St John's Wesleyan Academy, of which he was secretary from 1866 to 1869, George Street Wesleyan Church (opened in 1873), for which he provided the locally quarried stone, and the academy's literary institute, which he helped to found in 1866 and in which generations of Newfoundland public figures down to recent times would receive their initiation and training in debate.
In 1881 the affliction of asthma, from which he had long suffered, forced Rendell to resign from business and leave the colony where he had lived for nearly half a century. He returned to his native Coffinswell, where he died 12 years later at the age of 73. His adult children, who remained in Newfoundland, in their turn were to become prominent in the professional, business, and social life of the island.

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Harry Rendell ⁴⁸⁰ ^,1099 Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

Children: 1. Living

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