Leonie Bennett1

F, #287941
Last Edited=17 Jun 2009
     Leonie Bennett is the daughter of Reginald Bennett and Tui Smith.1 She married Russell Tait.1
     Her married name became Tait.1

Citations

  1. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Life and Times of the Bennett Families of Canterbury 1862-1979 (Ashburton, NZ: author, 1979), page 173. Hereinafter cited as Bennett Families of Canterbury.

Linden Bennett1

M, #287942
Last Edited=30 Oct 2000
     Linden Bennett is the son of Reginald Bennett and Tui Smith.1 He married Judith Joyce.1

Citations

  1. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Life and Times of the Bennett Families of Canterbury 1862-1979 (Ashburton, NZ: author, 1979), page 173. Hereinafter cited as Bennett Families of Canterbury.

Reeva Bennett1

F, #287943
Last Edited=24 Feb 2009
     Reeva Bennett is the daughter of Reginald Bennett and Tui Smith.1 She married Graham Grindley.1
     Her married name became Grindley.1

Citations

  1. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Life and Times of the Bennett Families of Canterbury 1862-1979 (Ashburton, NZ: author, 1979), page 173. Hereinafter cited as Bennett Families of Canterbury.

Graham Grindley1

M, #287944
Last Edited=30 Oct 2000
     Graham Grindley married Reeva Bennett, daughter of Reginald Bennett and Tui Smith.1

Citations

  1. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Life and Times of the Bennett Families of Canterbury 1862-1979 (Ashburton, NZ: author, 1979), page 173. Hereinafter cited as Bennett Families of Canterbury.

Judith Joyce1

F, #287945
Last Edited=30 Oct 2000
     Judith Joyce married Linden Bennett, son of Reginald Bennett and Tui Smith.1
     Her married name became Bennett.1

Citations

  1. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Life and Times of the Bennett Families of Canterbury 1862-1979 (Ashburton, NZ: author, 1979), page 173. Hereinafter cited as Bennett Families of Canterbury.


Russell Tait1

M, #287946
Last Edited=30 Oct 2000
     Russell Tait married Leonie Bennett, daughter of Reginald Bennett and Tui Smith.1

Citations

  1. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Life and Times of the Bennett Families of Canterbury 1862-1979 (Ashburton, NZ: author, 1979), page 173. Hereinafter cited as Bennett Families of Canterbury.

John von Tunzelman1

M, #287947
Last Edited=31 Dec 2008
     John von Tunzelman married Aloma Bennett, daughter of Reginald Bennett and Tui Smith.1

Citations

  1. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Life and Times of the Bennett Families of Canterbury 1862-1979 (Ashburton, NZ: author, 1979), page 173. Hereinafter cited as Bennett Families of Canterbury.

Joseph Rountree1

M, #287948, b. 1863, d. 25 June 1945
Last Edited=21 Jan 2001
     Joseph Rountree was born in 1863 at Markethill, Mullaghbrack, County Armagh, IrelandG.1,2 He was the son of Thomas Rountree and Rachel Allen.1 He married Susannah Bennett, daughter of Henry Bennett and Margaret Bennett, circa 1892.1 He died on 25 June 1945 at Carters Terrace, Tinwald, Ashburton, New ZealandG.1,3 He was buried at Ashburton Public Cemetery, Ashburton, New ZealandG.3
     He was a market gardner circa 1894 at Grove Farm, Johnstone Street, Tinwald, Ashburton, New ZealandG.1 He was a farmer from 1900 to 1920 at Fords Road, Willowby, Canterbury, New ZealandG.4 He lived at Tinwald at Carters Terrace, Ashburton, New ZealandG, in 1922.4

Children of Joseph Rountree and Susannah Bennett

Citations

  1. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Life and Times of the Bennett Families of Canterbury 1862-1979 (Ashburton, NZ: author, 1979), page 174. Hereinafter cited as Bennett Families of Canterbury.
  2. [S2863] NZ Society of Genealogists, Ashburton Public Cemetery (Auckland, NZ: NZ Society of Genealogists, 1978), plot 1843, age at death of 88 suggests 1857. Hereinafter cited as Ashburton Public Cemetery.
  3. [S2863] NZ Society of Genealogists, Ashburton Public Cemetery, plot 1843.
  4. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Bennett Families of Canterbury, page 178.
  5. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Bennett Families of Canterbury, page 182.

Thomas Rountree1

M, #287949, b. 1834
Last Edited=3 Jun 2008
     Thomas Rountree was born in 1834 at IrelandG.1 He was the son of John Rountree.2 He married Rachel Allen, daughter of Alexander Allen and Rachel Ruddock, on 16 October 1856 at Loughall, County Armagh, IrelandG.1,2
     Rachel and Thomas and Rachel Allen immigrated to Lyttelton, Canterbury, New ZealandG, on the ship Chariot of Fame, arriving on 29 January 1863.1 He was a dairy worker with the Waterton Dairy and Cheese Factory from 1870 to 1880 at Waterton, Canterbury, New ZealandG.1

Children of Thomas Rountree and Rachel Allen

Citations

  1. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Life and Times of the Bennett Families of Canterbury 1862-1979 (Ashburton, NZ: author, 1979), page 174. Hereinafter cited as Bennett Families of Canterbury.
  2. [S3155] Frederick Rowntree, "Re: Thomas Rountree and Rachel Allen," e-mail message to Darryl Lundy, 9 January 2003. Hereinafter cited as "Re: Thoams Rountree and Rachel Allen."
  3. [S3132] NZ Society of Genealogists, Old Ashburton Cemetery (Auckland, NZ: NZ Society of Genealogists, 1978), plot 109. Hereinafter cited as Old Ashburton Cemetery.

Rachel Allen1,2

F, #287950, b. 1835, d. 17 May 1885
Last Edited=10 May 2011
     Rachel Allen was born in 1835 at IrelandG.1,3 She was the daughter of Alexander Allen and Rachel Ruddock.2,4 She married Thomas Rountree, son of John Rountree, on 16 October 1856 at Loughall, County Armagh, IrelandG.1,5 She died on 17 May 1885 at Tinwald, Ashburton, New ZealandG.4 She was buried at Ashburton Old Cemetery, Kermode Street, Ashburton, New ZealandG, plot 110.4
     From 16 October 1856, her married name became Rountree.1 Rachel and Thomas and Thomas Rountree immigrated to Lyttelton, Canterbury, New ZealandG, on the ship Chariot of Fame, arriving on 29 January 1863.1

Children of Rachel Allen and Thomas Rountree

Citations

  1. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Life and Times of the Bennett Families of Canterbury 1862-1979 (Ashburton, NZ: author, 1979), page 174. Hereinafter cited as Bennett Families of Canterbury.
  2. [S3132] NZ Society of Genealogists, Old Ashburton Cemetery (Auckland, NZ: NZ Society of Genealogists, 1978). Hereinafter cited as Old Ashburton Cemetery.
  3. [S3132] NZ Society of Genealogists, Old Ashburton Cemetery, plot 110, says died at age 55, which implies 1830.
  4. [S3132] NZ Society of Genealogists, Old Ashburton Cemetery, plot 110.
  5. [S3155] Frederick Rowntree, "Re: Thomas Rountree and Rachel Allen," e-mail message to Darryl Lundy, 9 January 2003. Hereinafter cited as "Re: Thoams Rountree and Rachel Allen."
  6. [S3132] NZ Society of Genealogists, Old Ashburton Cemetery, plot 109.