| Summary: | 1 photograph : sepia toned 8 x 14 cm Unidentified man, Robert George Rendell, Donnelly, Walter Stanley Monroe and an unidentified man standing near Fork's pool with the Fomowa Clubhouse in the background. Title from album caption. Walter Stanley Monroe (1871-1952) was born in Dublin, Ireland, son of John and Elizabeth (Moule) Monroe. Married Helen Smith. In 1923 Monroe entered politics and ran unsuccessfully against William Coaker in Bonavista. William Warren appointed Monroe Minister in his second administration formed in 1924. Monroe was appointed to the Legisaltive Council in 1933. 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. 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.
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