Meredith Rountree (1857 - 1926)

Born 1857 in Portadown, county Armagh, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Annie Matilda (Barnes) Rountree — married 18 Jul 1895 in New Zealand

Descendants

Died 12 Jul 1926 at about age 69 in Auckland, New Zealand

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Meredith Rountree was born in Ireland.

Meredith Rountree migrated from Ireland to New Zealand.

Biography

Daily Southern Cross 23rd July 1863 page 2 [1]

ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP PORTLAND from London to Auckland 1863

Steerage Passengers -

Meredith, Margaret, Gilbert, Emma, Meredith, and Joseph Rountree

James, Eliza, Anna, Stephen, John, Maria, Thomas and Mary Gilbert :

Mary Little

Jones Rountree listed separately

family settled at Oakleigh/Mangapai Northland.

Extract from the New Zealand Maritime Index: Name: Rountree, Meredith Flourished: 1905 Role: Captain Abstract: Number of electoral right is 12. Address is Eglinton Street. Occupation listed as master mariner. Number on Parnell roll is 4363. [This is a complete extract of the information available in the entry.] Source: [NZ Electoral roll, General Election, 6 Dec 1905] 1905 Title: [Parnell supplementary roll: list of voters with seaman's electoral right.]

Meredith Rountree was a Master Mariner - he was the pilot at Mokau, Taranaki for some time and involved with coastal shipping. [2] He was Master of the schooner Herald [3]

Evening Post 20th July 1926 page : 11 [4]

Captain Meredith Rountree who died at Auckland last week at the age of 68, was a popular figure in coastal and intercolonial shipping for the past half-century. He was born at Portadown, county Armagh Ireland and arrived in Auckland with his parents in the sailing ship Portland in 1863. In 1882 he qualified as master and entered the intercolonial and coastal trade. He had command of various vessels but maintained partiality for sailing ships. During the eight months before the illness whichproved fatal, he held the position of pilot at Mokau. Captain Rountree was the only surviving son of the late Mr. Meredith Rountree of Mangapai, North Auckland. He leaves a widow and two daughters - Miss Rountree and Mrs. Edgar Palgrave Davy.

Captain Meredith Rountree lived near Northcote wharf: an early skipper for the Northcote and Ponsonby Ferry Co. ^[1]

Capt. Meredith Rountree died 12 Jul 1926 ^[2]

Burial

Date: 14 JUL 1926

Place: Pompalier cemetery, Birkenhead/Glenfield

Note: ANG: block A plot 13

Sources

1. ↑ Northcote Borough golden jubilee 1908-1958, page 3. Auckland Central City Library, Location in Library: Research Central, Record ID: 83271 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/akldpeople/id/287480#.YihrWNPzng0.link
2. ↑ Death Notice https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19260714.2.2.4 BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS: New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19379, 14 July 1926, Page 1

• Dept of Internal Affairs, New Zealand - www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
• N.Z. MARRIAGES - 1895/873 - Annie Matilda Barnes & Meredith Rountree
• N.Z. DEATHS - 1926/5422 - Rountree Meredith aged 68 years
• North Shore, Auckland Cemetery records

New Zealand Maritime Index: http://www.nzmaritimeindex.org.nz/izperson.php?personid=999950705&person=rountree&rid=0&db=&dm=&ds=&dh=&sh=&st=&sd=Y&svp=&tot=2&typ=&wds=&sourceid=&refid=&hit=2

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166942143/meredith-rountree: accessed 24 September 2022), memorial page for Meredith Rountree (18 May 1857–11 Jul 1926), Find a Grave Memorial ID 166942143, citing Pompallier Cemetery, Birkenhead, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand; Maintained by DFox (contributor 48984969) .