Person Record

Metadata

Name

Rendall, Annie

Othernames

Ann Elizabeth Rendall (b. Sept. 3, 1876)
Pen name was "A. E. Rendall"

Born

Sept. 3, 1876

Birthplace

Collingwood Township, Grey County

Places of residence

Camperdown area farm, Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario (Lot 27, Concession 7, Collingwood Township)

Father

John Rendall Sr. (b. 1827-d. 1912)

Mother

Elizabeth Brown (b. 1831-d. 1906)

Nationality

Canadian

Education

Sandhill School, Meaford High School, Meaford Normal School (for teacher's training)

Notes

The 1901 census of Collingwood Township shows that the Rendall family was at the north half of Lot 27, Concession 7, and the head of the family was John Rendall (b. Feb. 27, 1827, Scotland). He had emigrated in 1855, and was a Presbyterian farmer. His wife, Elizabeth (Brown) Rendall (b. Nov. 9, 1831, Scotland) had emigrated in 1852. In 1901, their son John Rendall (b. June 6, 1872, age 28) resided with them and his occupation was "Farmer's Son". Their daughters Miss Mary Rendall (b. Feb.14, 1868, age 32) and Miss A. Elizabeth Rendall (b. Sept. 3, 1876) also were still on the farm.
In the 1891 census, there was an older daughter, Dinah Rendall (age 27), and two more brothers listed, James Rendall (age 18) and Archibald Rendall (age 16). Annie was 14 in that census.
The 1881 census also listed the John Rendall family, and at that time their eldest daughter was still residing with them, Isabella Rendall (age 19, b. 1862).
In the 1911 census, John Rendall Sr. was still alive, but a widower, and Misses Mary and Annie, and their brothers James and Archibald, were still at the farm. Annie was then 34 years old.

Annie's mother, Elizabeth Brown Rendall, was a daughter of William Brown and his wife Elizabeth, who had settled in Collingwood Township in the early 1850s. They had originated from the Isle of Pomona, in the Orkney Islands area of Scotland. Annie's father, John Rendall Sr., was from the Parish of Rendall, also in the Orkneys. Her uncle, Archie Rendall, took her back to Scotland on a 1907 trip. She also travelled to other places in her lifetime, but spent much of her life in Collingwood Township.

Annie attended the Sandhill School, and later boarded in Meaford Ontario to attend the Meaford High School. She completed her teacher's training at the Meaford Model School, and taught at the Sandhill School (in Clarksburg, along what is now Grey Road 140) for several years. She taught there from 19__ to 19__. However, she was needed on the family farm, so she gave up her teaching career. The Rendall farm had cattle and sheep, and also had an orchard. They also produced maple syrup.

Annie enjoyed writing, and belonged to a writing club for a while, using the pen name A. E. Rendall.

She served as President of the Clarksburg W.I. from 19__ to 19__. She joined the Women's Insitute circa 19__.

In the 1940s, Miss Annie Rendall was an organizer of the "Farm Forum" in Collingwood Twp. Her sister, Miss Mary Rendall, passed away in 1945. Annie was the last of her family on the Rendall farm. Sandra Stevenson & Ernie Rowley purchased the former Rendall farm in the 1980s from a nephew of Annie's (John Rendall) and there were quite a few Rendall family heirlooms still left in the house.

In her later years, Annie had taken up curling, and took a woodworking class. She passed away at the Meaford Hospital on November 1, 1966.

Occupation

Schoolteacher
Farmer / Farm Forum
Writer
President of Clarksburg Women's Institute (1931?)

Publications

REEKIE-RENDALL HISTORY (1970) by Isabel M. Reekie (a xerox copy is in PF416 at the Grey Roots archives).
CLARKSBURG: THE BLUE MOUNTAINS HISTORICAL SCRAPBOOK, 2010, p 66 has memorabilia of the Clarksburg W. I.

Relationships

Her brother Archibald Rendall also continued to live on the family farm, but she was the last of the Rendalls on the property.
They had other siblings too. There were 9 Rendall children (Annie was the youngest)
Mary Rendall