Milley and Rendell posing for a photograph with Rendell's new catch

• Format: Still Image
• Language: English
• Published: 1923
• Subjects: Rendell; Robert George; 1857-1928; Milley; Samuel F.; 1867-1939; Atlantic salmon fishing > Newfoundland and Labrador; Rivers > Newfoundland and Labrador > Grand River (Codroy Valley); Atlantic salmon; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/m_fomowa/id/446

1 photograph : sepia toned 13.5 x 7.5 cm Samuel F. Milley and Robert George Rendell posing for a photograph with Rendell's new catch. The Grand River and a couple fishing boats in the background. Cataloguer's title. Robert George Rendell (1857?- 1928) was born in St. John's, son of Catharine (Norris) and Stephen Randell. Married Helen Mackay. In 1913, acting as administrator of the C.F. Bennett mining estate, he and mine manager J.M. Jackman acquired right to operate the Tilt Cove Mine. Rendell was colonel of the Newfoundland Church Lads' Brigade from 1904 to 1918 and was a member of the Imperial Red Cross Committee. Rendell died in 1928. Samuel F. Milley (1867-1939) was born in St. John's in 1867. Milley was a prominent dry goods merchant in St. John's from 1890's and was a member of the Legisaltive Council for more than 30 years. Milley died in Montreal on February 12, 1939. Good An album containing 323 black and white photographs and 25 pages of text, covering the years 1914 to 1937 of the FOMOWA Fishing Club on the Grand Codroy River on the west coast of Newfoundland. The album's images have been digitized as separate items.