Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJohn Henry FOUNTAIN, Half 2C2R
Birth21 Feb 1831, Calcutta, Bengal, India
Baptism8 May 1831, Calcutta, Bengal, India
Death10 May 1880, Blenheim, Marlborough, Nelson, New Zealand
BurialOmaka Cemetery, Marlborough
FatherJohn FOUNTAIN (1800-1836)
Spouses
Birth30 Apr 1835, Secrole, Benares, India
Baptism6 Nov 1842
Marriage29 Sep 1856, Burdwan, Bengal, India
Notes for John Henry FOUNTAIN
Name and birth information from Chris Rack.

India Select Births and Baptisms
John Henry Fountain born 21 February 1831, baptism May 8 1831, Calcutta, Bengal, India, father John Fountain, mother Sarah Ann Gibson Eliza

from ancestry.com
Marriage announcement
Posted 24 Nov 2015 by joanna_fountain
John Henry, eldest son of the late John Fountain Esq attorney at law in the Supreme Court of Bengal to Hannah Ward, second daughter to George Nicholls Esq late principal of Benares College (The New Zealander 21 Mar 1857)

India Select marriages
September 29 1856, Burdwan, Bengal, India, John Henry Fountain, age 25 and Hannah Ward Nicholls, age 21
[Burdwan now usually called Bardhaman is about 100 km north west of Kolkata (Calcutta]

New Zealand death index April to June 1880 John Henry Fountain, registration at Wairu, Otago, New Zealand, folio 691

New Zealand Cemetery Records
John Henry Fountain, died May 10 1880, age 49, Blenheim, Marlborough buried Omaka Cemetery, Marlborough, Nelson, New Zealand.

Note: His headstone refers to him as
Master of thr Wairu Native School
Notes for Hannah Ward (Spouse 1)
Baptisms solenized at Iuanpore [not sure of the first letter]
Parents Names George and Amelia Fernendez Nicholls, abode Benares, father is Headmaster Government College Benares
Baptisms November 6 1842
George Robert Nicholls, born May 31 1831
Mary Ann Nicholls, born May 12 1833
Hannah Ward Nicholls, born April 30 1835
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