Elizabeth Ann Tann

Elizabeth Ann Tann

• Elizabeth Ann Tann was born on 30 December 1874 in Hull, Yorkshire, England.
• She married George T. Rennard.
• About 1903, a photographic portrait was made of George Rennard and his family.
• George T. Rennard and Elizabeth Ann Tann appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 356 Eighth Street. Other members of the household included Elsie Rennard, Charles Henry Rushton, Grace Ellen Rennard and Keith Rennard Rushton.
• Elizabeth Ann Tann became a widow at the 27 November 1938 death of her husband George T. Rennard.
• The following appeared on 28 November 1938 in The Niagara Falls Gazette: George Rennard, 71 years old, janitor in Niagara schools for the last 30 years, died last evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles H. Rushton, 358 Eighth street. He had been ill for two years.
       Mr. Rennard was born in England. He was an elder of the Blessed Hope Church of God. He had been stationed at the Maple avenue school for the last year and previously had been employed at the Thirteenth street school and the old Sugar street school.
       He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Rennard; two daughters, Mrs. Rushton and Mrs. Kenneth Houlihan, both of this city; a sister, Mrs. Belle Woodthorp, and a brother, William Rennard, both in England.
       Funeral services will be held at the Gridley funeral home at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. Clyde E. Randall, of Fonthill, Ont., officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
• Elizabeth Ann Tann died on 26 November 1961 at age 86 in Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, at Mount St. Mary's Hospital.
• She was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York.
• The following appeared on 27 November 1961 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Mrs. Elizabeth A. Rennard, 86, of 8946 Rivershore Drive, a resident of this city for 70 years, died Sunday (Nov. 26, 1961) in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital after a lengthy illness.
       Mrs. Rennard was born in Hull, England, and came to Niagara Falls shortly after arriving in the United States.
       She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Charles H. Rushton and Mrs. Kenneth R. Houlihan, both of this city, and two grandchildren and one great-grandson.
       Services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Lane Funeral Home, with Rev. Fred House, pastor of First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
       Friends may call between 2 and 5 p.m. and 7 and 9 p.m. today and Tuesday.

• Last Edited: 27 May 2012