Welcome to the Rendall Family Genealogy page!
This is obviously an ongoing work, so please submit any additional information that you may have that ties in to the existing records found here. You can submit your pictures and information to this page's editor, Doug Rendall, at d1@rendall.com.
The earliest Rendall ancestor we have a picture of is Charles A. Rendall (1817-1916), shown here. Charles and his wife Ann Apsey had a whopping twelve children, eleven of whom had children, so most of the 1500+ records you see here are their descendants, but we know there are so many more! Please email us at the address above if you have more information to share with us, especially older pictures of some of these descendants.
You can start your journey by clicking on the picture of Charles shown here, or by checking out his great-great-grandfather, Joseph Rendall (1712-1792), the very earliest Rendall we have a record of, or you can start with any of the other relatives linked in one of the indexes below.
Enjoy!!
| And by the way, check out this excellent book by Rendall cousin Roger Ripley. This book includes references to 2 of the 12 children of Charles and Ann - Elizabeth and Charles William - who married into the More and Ogilvie families mentioned therein. Click on the image for ordering information. |
TOTAL RECORDS = 1744 TOTAL RECORDS WITH PICTURES = 477 TOTAL PICTURES = 1043
ALL DOCUMENTS (in date order):
18630117-job-apsey-rendall-letter.pdf * January 17, 1863 letter from Job Apsey Rendall to his little brother Charles William, who would have been 9 years old. This was written during Job's time in the Civil War, and he died of sickness just 4 months later. This letter was hand-copied and then typed up by Job's brother Charles' great-granddaughter, Odonna Ziegler. The whereabouts of the original letter are unknown. (2 typewritten pages, 1.2mb)
18630327-job-apsey-rendall-letter.pdf * Letter from Job Apsey Rendall to his parents, Charles and Ann Rendall during his time serving in the Civil War, March 27, 1863. He died less than 2 months later. From the collection of Arlyne Chvilicek, great-great-granddaughter of Charles and Ann Rendall. (6 handwritten pages, 2mb)
18790126-ann-rendall-letter.pdf * Letter from Ann Apsey Rendall to her son and his wife, Charles William and Agnes Rendall, Jan 26, 1879 (3 handwritten pages)
19000205-ann-rendall-letter.pdf * Letter from Ann Apsey Rendall to her son and his wife, Charles William and Agnes Rendall, Feb 5, 1900 (4 handwritten pages)
19040304-ann-rendall-letter.pdf * Letter from Ann Apsey Rendall to her son and his wife, Charles William and Agnes Rendall, Mar 4, 1904 (4 handwritten pages)
19041228-ann-rendall-letter.pdf * Letter from Ann Apsey Rendall to her son and his wife, Charles William and Agnes Rendall, Dec 28, 1904 (4 handwritten pages)
19051002-ann-rendall-letter.pdf * Letter from Ann Apsey Rendall to her daughter and her husband, Mary and James Young, Oct 2, 1905 (4 handwritten pages)
19370506-bertha-rendall-letter.pdf * Letter from Bertha (Bassett) Rendall to her daughter, Mae (Rendall) Walker, about the imminent death of her other daughter, Florence (Rendall) Smith, May 6, 1937. Florence died 4 days later. (6 handwritten pages, 2mb)
19370529-bertha-rendall-letter.pdf * Letter from Bertha (Bassett) Rendall to her daughter, Mae (Rendall) Walker, after the death of her other daughter, Florence (Rendall) Smith, May 29, 1937. (6 handwritten pages, 2mb)
19501231-robert-rendall-autobiography.pdf * This is a 94-page typewritten autobiography by Simon Robert Rendall, son of Charles and Ann Rendall, that gives a lot of insight into the Rendall family history. According to a letter that his daughter Vera wrote to a grand-niece (see the letter on Vera's page), her father wrote this originally in pencil and then she (Vera) typed it up, one copy for him and copies for each of his children. His last entry in this amazing story was December 31, 1950, summarizing that entire year. He lived another 2 years and a couple months after that. (94 typewritten pages, 6mb)
19501231-robert-rendall-autobiography-annotated-v1.pdf * This is a re-typed version of Robert's autobiography, annotated with over 200 notes from this website's creator, enhancing Robert's original story with additional facts and figures. (97 typewritten pages, 1mb)
19720515-vera-rendall-smith-letter.pdf * A letter from Vera (Rendall) Smith to her 1st cousin twice-removed, Odonna (Walker) Ziegler, daughter of Mae (Rendall) Walker, daughter of Alton Rendall, son of Charles William Rendall, brother of Vera's father Simon Robert Rendall. Written on May 15, 1972, when Vera was 67 and Odonna was 44. (2 typewritten pages, 1.5mb)
19820101-arthur-benson-rendall-autobiography.pdf * Arthur Benson Rendall's autobiography, the last part of which is dated 1982, when he was 80 years old. He lived exactly 2 weeks past his 90th birthday. (5 typewritten pages, 3mb)
1991114-sandra-rendall-fam-history.pdf * Some rememberances from Sandra (Levin) Rendall about her family, which she gathered from her father and her aunt the day after her mom's funeral, Nov 14, 1991. (3 typewritten pages)
19940119-eva-rendall-autobiography.pdf * Eva (Rendall) Scaccia's autobiography: A Life 1907-1994. She talks about her life growing up in Zion, IL, and then retiring in Florida. Her last entry is dated January 19, 1994. Her husband, Frank, died less than 5 months later in June, and she died 6 months later in December. (46 handwritten pages, 20mb)
erwin-rendall-the-way-of-life-pdf * A writing from Erwin Rendall titled "The Way of Life" (date unknown)
|
Birthday Lists: In Chronological Order In Month/Day Order
All names index Just 'Rendalls' index |