Monday, October 18, 2010

Alice Emilia Renshaw


B I O G R A P H Y


ALICE EMILIA (CHITTENDEN) RENSHAW



Alice's father served in the Bengal Lancers before settling down to become Chief of Police of Port Elizabeth, South Africa.


It was in South Africa she met and married William Renshaw and raised seven children. For a while she and William toured South Africa showing movies with the only movie projector in the country.


In 1925 she and William moved the family to Canada.