Hi Janettekaye,
,I have just spoken to my brother in law who lives at Waikiekie,he has a book on local history called "Early Northland Waikiekie Pioneers"written by J.T.Stephens and in it is a great deal about the Rountree family,it states that Joseph's death 14th Feb 1867,was an accident,he was 14yrs old and he was buried on the family farm in a place called Ruarangi,Meredith senior had an accident in 1869 and staked himself in the abdomen while drawing water from the well,he was bedridden for 20 months and died on the 11th Nov 1870 and was buried with Joseph,there is a marble headstone to mark the grave.
Janette