"There was something "phoney" about my coming into the world; some four years had elapsed since the last baby, Ellen, was born and my parents doubtless thought, and probably hoped, that nature had called a halt. I can recollect my mother's remarking on various occasions that she thought it was a strange providence. But I was not to be deprived of my birthright, and on the 16th of February, 1866 I was duly born in the old, or new, farmhouse, without the aid of a doctor...My father's youngest brother was my Uncle Simon; so that was chosen for my first name; and Robert for my second name from Robert More, the recent addition to the family." --SRRauto--

"Like his elder brothers in sisters, he taught in a little, red one room schoolhouse for a couple terms at the age of 19. He did not like it, however, and turned to managing his father's farm on a partnership basis. Having joined the Methodist Church at the age of 12, he was active in it as a young man.

"At the age of 30 he married his second cousin [actually 1st cousin once removed], Anna Elizabeth Keetch Hoare, of Cleveland . They continued to operate the farm for 16 years until their two eldest children were ready for high school. Then they removed to Winnebago and bought a lot on which uncle Rob did a little farming in addition to his job as janitor of Parker College Academy.

"His wife died October 18, 1927. Parker College closed soon after. He then became janitor of the high school at Winnebago. This job be held for eight years until retirement.

"Uncle Rob was endowed with an active, creative mind. He was a steady reader, a student all his life. He gave continuous and serious thought to his philosophical and theological convictions. As a consequence, his convictions were subject to reexamination and growth throughout his life. He wrote extensively in prose and poetry. Any reader of this chapter will know that I have depended heavily on his well written, unpublished autobiography [see document section below]. Most of the creative aspects of this work are his and not mine. He was a serious student of the Bible. His death on his 86th birthday in 1952 was mourned throughout the family. His remains lie in the Rose Hill Cemetery at Winnebago."
--YoungBio--

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DOCUMENTS:

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)