John George Rendall

JOHN GEORGE RENDALL (1841-1912)

Clerk on the London Establishment of the Hudson's Bay Company, 1856-1912

John George Rendall is the son of John Rendall Hudson's Bay Company Archives: Biographical Sheets

Hudson's Bay Company Career

John George Rendall’s long career with the Hudson’s Bay Company began in 1856 when he was fourteen years of age. For the first two years he was not paid for his services and it is not known either in what capacity or what department of the London establishment he was employed. In the minutes of the meeting of the Governor and Committee of the Company held on 1 February 1858 references is made to the appointment of ‘Mr John Rendall Junr’ as a ‘Clerk on the Establishment his salary to be at the rate of ₤50 p annum till the 1st June and to increase, from that date, at the rate of ₤10 p annum till it reaches ₤200’. John George Rendall was by 1861 employed in the Company’s London Shipping Department and his address at this time is given as 47 St Peter’s Road, Mile End. In 1882 his salary was increased to ₤220 per annum. In 1885 John George Rendall’s son James H. Rendall, then aged fourteen, entered the Company’s service. In a list of London staff compiled in 1900 J.B. Rendall is listed as ‘Warehouseman’ and J.H. Rendall as a ‘Clerk’

1851 Census of England

Mile End Old Town, 1871

1871 Census of England

Windsor Road, West Ham, 1881

See below. [Orkney Family History Society: 1881 Census Return for West Ham in Essex]

Forest Gate, West Ham, Essex, 1911

1911 Census of England

Death

J.G. Rendall’s death took place on 27 January 1912. This was reported at the meeting of the Board on 30 January. The minutes record that Mr Rendall ‘was seized with paralysis on his way to the office on the 15th November last. The cause of his death was given as syncope .The Secretary’s letter of condolence to Mrs Rendall was addressed to her at 51 Windsor Road, Forest Gate, London E7, and concluded as follows: ‘Permit me to say for myself and on behalf of the whole of the members of the Company’s staff both in the office and warehouse, that each one feels to have lost a dear personal friend whose kindness and loyal attention to duty have been an example to all.’ Hudson's Bay Company Archives: Biographical Sheets See also [The Beaver, October 1921, pp. 2-4. See p. 3 for his portrait, and that of his father and son] and [The Beaver, Volume III, October 1922, No.1].

Marriage

John George Rendall married Jessie Flett Laird on 22 July 1867.They were married on the Orkney island of South Ronaldsay, in Scotland], probably at St. Margarets Hope Scottish Marriages

Children

(1) John George Rendall

(2) Henry James Rendall

(3) Edgar Sutherland Rendall

(4) Jessie May Rendall

(5) Charles Sinclair Rendall

(6) Marian Laird Rendall

(7) Margaret A. Laird

West Ham 1 April 1881

51 Windsor Rd, West Ham, Essex: (1) John G Rendall, Head,Mar,M,39, Warehouseman ( empl 2 dom servants ). Stepney, Middlesex, England (2) Jessie F Rendall, Wife,Mar,F,38, Wife Of Warehouseman. Orkney, Scotland (3) John G Rendall, Son,,M,12, Scholar. Stepney, Middlesex, England (4) James N Rendall, Son,,M,10, Scholar. Stepney, Middlesex, England (5) Edgar S Rendall, Son,,M,8, Scholar. Stepney, Middlesex, England (6) Jessie M Rendall, Dau,,F,5, Scholar. Stepney, Middlesex, England (7) Charles S Rendall, Son,,M,3, . Stepney, Middlesex, England 8. Marian L Rendall, Dau,,F,2, . Stepney, Middlesex, England (8) Margaret A Rendall, Dau,,F,0, ( 9 months ). Stepney, Middlesex, England [Orkney Family History Society: 1881 Census Return for West Ham in Essex]