Name and birth information from Chris Rack.
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John Henry Fountain born 21 February 1831, baptism May 8 1831, Calcutta, Bengal, India, father John Fountain, mother Sarah Ann Gibson Eliza
from
ancestry.comMarriage 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)
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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