Rountree's from Armagh in Northern Ireland

[Janette]

Hi Lu,in  Janettekaye's original post and repy 3 it IS stated mid 1800's so maybe we are heading in the right direction 

[Lucy2]

Hi Janette

Yes, that was a good find you made.   

"mid-1880's" - and the mention "early settlers" actually rang a few alarm bells with me ... because this Northland area was settled long before (the 1880's).

It may be difficult to locate these graves though - if they are on private land ?     (Possibly there will be no "official" record of them ?)

Lu

[Lucy2]

--- the child "Joseph ROUNTREE" who died in 1867 - does not show up as a "birth registered in NZ."   

That may indicate "not born in NZ ... or "born NZ but birth not registered"       

Possible then that Captain ROUNTREE arrived (in NZ) even earlier ...  1858 or before ?

Lu
 

[Janettekaye]

I am so grateful for you finds!!! You people blow my mind.  So ummm....I guess find the grave is the next best step isnt it?  Maybe it will have Captain Rountree's Christian name and even the name of the boat on the headstone. 

[Janette]

Here is the death in 1870 of a "Meredith Rountree" in Mangapai,from Papers Past,the article is also interesting with reference to life in those days

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DSC18701115.2.15&srpos=2&e=-------10--1----0rountree++mangapai-all

Cheers Janette

[Janette]

just found this on WorldConnect



http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=richold1&id=I129

[Janette]

This seems to be the grave of Meredith Rountree "master mariner"it was his father Meredith who died at Mangapai


Cemetery burial details

ROUNTREE, Meredith

Surname: ROUNTREE
Forename(s): Meredith
Age: -
Gender: Male
Date of death: 12 Jul 1926
Date of burial: 14 Jul 1926
Funeral director: No Director -
Cemetery: Pompallier Cemetery
Glenfield Road, Glenfield
Location: Anglican Cemetery Block A Plot 13

Cheers Janette
 

[Lucy2]

Great work Janette  ... those are good finds !   

I guess find the grave is the next best step isnt it? Maybe it will have Captain Rountree's Christian name and even the name of the boat on the headstone.

Janettekaye  ... as previously, there may be a difficulty with finding a grave ... and headstone  ... especially if the ROUNTREE's were buried on private property.   I've checked the Far North cemeteries, and can find these ROUNTREE's (son Joseph d. 1867 and his father).

*   Do you think, that as Meredith ROUNTREE senior (d. 1870)
is mentioned as having been a preacher, that there might be some confusion ... his son Meredith, seems to have been the mariner ?

Lu

[Lucy2]

Hi Janettekaye

*  Which of the ROUNTREE children do you descend from ?

[That may help us find more about this family].

Lu