In May 1991, my late grandfather James Corryton Rounsevell produced a book on the family history titled 'The Rounsevell Family in Early South Australia'.
I have now made the book available online:
Rounsevell Family History.pdf - The Rounsevell Family History in Early South Australia (75MB)
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CONTENTS
Foreward
I. William Rounsevell 1816-1874
II. John Rounsevell 1836-1902
III. John Rounsevell's Children
IV. William Benjamin Rounsevell 1843-1923
V. William Rounsevell's Siblings
References
Index
About the Author
James Rounsevell noted the following in the Foreward:
This group of biographies grew from a family tree I started drawing up in about 1985. I ended up with such a lot of data on my family that it seemed a pity not to turn all this information into a written account of my forebears in South Australia; the following biographies are the result. Apart from the stories about William, John, and William Benjamin who were notable achievers in their day and consequently most likely to be of general interest, I have included a chapter on William's brother and three sisters, all of whom migrated to South Australia in the early days of the colony. They did not match the achievements of William and his two sons, but the family story would not be complete without them.
-- Pennie Hume
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4 comments:
I have just completed reading this history which I have previously seen extracts but never the full version. I am so pleased that this has been published in this manner in order that any one with an interest in the name can view. I have meet some members of your family (Peter and his wife) in 2000/2001 and his daughter many years ago in the late 1970s or early 1980s. I have done a lot of reaseach in this country but have never put the whole into a written document as this is - perhaps one day when I have the time.
Ray.Rounsevell@veor.cornwall.nhs.uk
Kind regards to you all down under.
Ray Rounsevell
I am a direct descendant of Mary Rounsevell,William Rounsevell's sister who came to SA with her husband James Turner. My pre marriage name is Turner. I enjoyed reading James Corryton's work it was fantastic to come across this information,thank you Pennie Hume.It is a shame that information on all of William's siblings was not available to James at the time. James had more land than the 30 acres at Black Forest/St Marys.Some of William's siblings went to Vic and NSW at least one is buried in Lockhart Cemetry NSW.James and Mary's daughter Jane as recorded by James,married Alfred Pinchbeck. I have recently located a whole family of Pinchbecks, living in Adelaide, who are direct descendants of Jane Rounsevell and Alfred Pinchbeck. ruthpalachicky.dfc.gov.au.sa
Thanks for that information Ruth. My granny Barbara, Jim's widow, is the one who keeps up with the family history these days. I simply posted the file :-) I've forwarded your comment to her.
I have married a direct descendant of Alfred James Pinchbeck and I have found your work very interesting dealing with a lot of SA history. I have not traced a lot of Pinchbeck history but I know they wer publicans in SA. Trove has articles on them. Di Pinchbeck.
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