Awoonor-Renner family
The Awoonor-Renner family or Awunor-Renner family is a Sierra Leone Creole medical, legal, and commercial dynasty with branches of the family in Ghana. The Awoonor-Renner, Awoonor-Wilson, Awoonor-Gordon families are branches of the Awoonor-Williams family that originated from Waterloo, Sierra Leone and derived 'Awoonor' from the Awuna territory in Keta. The Awoonor-Renner family has produced several distinguished doctors, lawyers, and businessmen in Sierra Leone, Ghana, and the United Kingdom. Alongside families such as the Dove family, Easmon family and Smith family, the Awoonor-Renner are among the wealthy Aristo or aristocratic Creole families.
Notable members of the Awoonor families[]
Awoonor-Renner and Awunor-Renner families[]
- Dr William Awunor-Renner – prominent doctor who served as acting Principal Medical Officer and one-time Mayor of Freetown
- Peter Awoonor-Renner – distinguished lawyer and leader of the Gold Coast Bar
- William Awoonor-Renner III – lawyer in Freetown and the Gold Coast
- Dr Edward 'Teddy' Awunor-Renner – distinguished doctor and the first African director of medical services in Sierra Leone
- Dr Kenneth Bernard Awoonor-Renner – prominent medical doctor
- Bankole Awoonor-Renner (1898–1970) – journalist
- William Roland Awunor-Renner – lawyer and judge
- Walter Awoonor-Renner – doctor based in Freetown
- Raymond Awoonor-Renner – prominent lawyer based in Freetown
Awoonor-Williams family[]
Sources[]
- Adelaide Cromwell, An African Victorian Feminist: The Life and Times of Adelaide Smith Casely Hayford 1848-1960
- https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equianocentre/projects/world-of-ucl/student-biogs/awoonor-renner
Categories:
- Awoonor-Renner family
- Sierra Leone Creole families
- Christian families
- Sierra Leone Creole people
- Scientific families
- People from Freetown