Rennison, George (1862-1937)

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Primitive Methodist Magazine 1918

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Primitive Methodist Magazine 1918

Early years

George was born in 1862 at Bridlington, Yorkshire to parents Thomas and Jane. Thomas was a joiner.

The 1881 census return identifies that George also trained as a joiner.

George was led into the experience of Christ by his Sunday school teacher.

Ministry

His obituary records that George was a most lovable man, blessed with the natural gifts and graces so desirable in a minister of Jesus Christ. Preaching the gospel was his first delight and pastoral work was always attractive to him, whilst his gracious spirit was a potent factor for good. He was a bright and cheerful personality, a hard-working man, faithful to his duties. Christian thought and practice made him very sympathetic, and his love for the children was a most marked feature of his ministry.

Following superannuation, George was an active supernumerary in the Higher Openshaw circuit, Manchester.

Family

George married Lilly Reynolds (1869-1949) in the summer of 1891 at Chester, Cheshire. Census returns identify four children.

• Amy (b1892)
• Doris (1893-1975)
• Lucy (1896-1968)
• May (1904-1989)

George died on 15 January 1937 at Audenshaw, Manchester.

Circuits

• Hartley
• 1887 Preston Brook
• 1889 St Day
• 1891 Plymouth
• 1893 Newtown
• 1895 Talke
• 1899 Wrexham
• 1901 Chester III
• 1904 Market Drayton
• 1905 Burnley II
• 1909 Foxhill Bank
• 1912 Rochdale
• 1915 Lydbrook
• 1918 Hereford
• 1921 Presteign
• 1924 Wigan
• 1927 Manchester (S)

References

Primitive Methodist Magazine 1918/856

Methodist Minutes 1937/196

W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990

Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers