Elvira Melvina Rowntree

1845 - 1936  (90 years)

• Name	Elvira Melvina Rowntree  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31]
  Birth	10 Mar 1845	Milam County, Texas, USA   [1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1850	Travis County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Residence	1870	Burnet County, Texas, USA   [4]
  	Precinct 1
  Residence	1880	Burnet County, Texas, USA   [23]
  	Precinct 1
  Fact 1	1883	Burnet County, Texas, USA   [12]
  	Visited by Rufus Parks
  Residence	1900	Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA   [17]
  Residence	1910	Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA   [19]
  Residence	1920	Burnet County, Texas, USA   [20]
  	Justice Precinct 1
  Residence	1930	Burnet County, Texas, USA   [21]
  	Precinct 1
  Residence	1933	Burnet County, Texas, USA   [7, 28]
  Death	20 Feb 1936	Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA   [2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 22, 24, 27, 29, 30, 33, 35]
  Burial	21 Feb 1936	Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA   [5, 6, 8, 11, 16, 22, 24, 27, 29, 30, 33]
  	Odd Fellows Cemetery
  Person ID	I22011	MontyHistNotes_2014
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	James Lewis Rowntree, Sr,   b. 1 Feb 1806, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA d. 13 Apr 1888, Burnet County, Texas, USA (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Musidora Flack,   b. 4 Oct 1807, Tennessee, USA d. 1 Nov 1849, Canton, Madison, Mississippi, USA (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	4 Dec 1825	Tennessee, USA   [6, 11, 27, 30, 36, 37, 38, 39]
  Family ID	F1252	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elisha Franklin Thomas,   b. 5 Sep 1841, Magnolia, Larue, Kentucky, USA d. 17 Apr 1916, Samsville, Burnet, Texas, USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1866	Burnet County, Texas, USA   [3, 5, 17, 40, 41]
  Children	> 1. Marshall Thomas,   b. 28 Sep 1867, Burnet County, Texas, USA d. 14 May 1952, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Alice Bernice Thomas,   b. 16 Jul 1869, Burnet County, Texas, USA d. 26 Mar 1962, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA (Age 92 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Robert Thomas,   b. 10 Nov 1870, Burnet County, Texas, USA d. 24 Apr 1941, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosi, Mexico (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 4. Musidore Katherine Kate Thomas,   b. 21 Mar 1874, Burnet County, Texas, USA d. 6 Aug 1931, Nicholia, Lemhi, Idaho, USA (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Franklin Thomas,   b. 26 Mar 1878, Burnet County, Texas, USA d. 1 Jan 1939, Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 6. Louise Thomas,   b. 14 Nov 1880, Burnet County, Texas, USA d. 29 May 1948, Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1277	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 10 Mar 1845 - Milam County, Texas, USA Residence - 1850 - Travis County, Texas, USA Marriage - 12 Dec 1866 - Burnet County, Texas, USA Residence - Precinct 1 - 1870 - Burnet County, Texas, USA Residence - Precinct 1 - 1880 - Burnet County, Texas, USA Fact 1 - Visited by Rufus Parks - 1883 - Burnet County, Texas, USA Residence - 1900 - Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA Residence - 1910 - Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA Residence - Justice Precinct 1 - 1920 - Burnet County, Texas, USA Residence - Precinct 1 - 1930 - Burnet County, Texas, USA Residence - 1933 - Burnet County, Texas, USA Death - 20 Feb 1936 - Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA Burial - 21 Feb 1936 - Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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[S35] Flack, Jim, Flack Family Website, (Name: Flack Genealogy; Location: http://www.flackgenealogy.com/;), Flack Rowntree, Musidora (1807-1849) Accessed KRM 30 Oct 2019 9:22pm www.flackgenealogy.com. http://www.flackgenealogy.com/newtng/getperson.php?personID=I38226&tree=Tree664J http://www.flackgenealogy.com/newtng/getperson.php?personID=I38226&tree=Tree664J [S35] Flack, Jim, Flack Family Website, (Name: Flack Genealogy; Location: http://www.flackgenealogy.com/;), Rowntree, James Lewis (1806-1888) Accessed KRM 30 Oct 2019 9:26pm www.flackgenealogy.com. http://www.flackgenealogy.com/newtng/getperson.php?personID=I38227&tree=Tree664J http://www.flackgenealogy.com/newtng/getperson.php?personID=I38227&tree=Tree664J [S85] Sumrall, Timothy, Rowntree Family Bible, (Name: Name: Genealogy.com;;), http://www.genforum.genealogy.com/rowntree/messages/32.html. I recently rediscovered some pages from an old family bible thatdetail the children of Thomas Rowntree. They were very difficult to read and I'm hoping to obtain clearer copies. This is what I was able to decipher, and I think most of it is correct. Maybe helpful to some other Rowntree/Rountree descendants. If I am able to get clearer copies I'll post whatever corrections may be necessary. Here's what I can make out from the pages: Page title Births Thos. Rowntree son of Richardson Rowntree March 27th Anno Domini 1778 Mary Rowntree Daughter of James Gilbert born May 11th Anno Domini 1787 Catherine Rowntree Daughter of Thos. & Mary born June 10th AD 1803 James Rowntree February 7th AD 1806 Mildred Rowntree ----(Sept.?) 19th(?) 1809 Betsy Rowntree ....... 1811 Nancy Rowntree.......1813 or 1815? Sarah Rowntree Daughter of M. Price 2nd wife of Thos. Rowntree born 18 January 1790 Mary Rowntree Daughter of Thos. & Sarah Rowntree born July 16th AD 1816 William Rowntree November 5th (or 3rd?) AD 1817 - this was my ancestor Anna Rowntree August 31st AD 1819 Page titled Deaths Mary Rowntree first wife of Thos. Rowntree Daughter of James Gilbert Died April 5th 1815 aged 27 years 10 (?) mo 25 days Mildred Smith Daughter of Thos. Rowntree Died August 4th (or 11th?) AD 1826 Aged 17 years 11 (?) mo 15 days Thos. Rowntree Son of Richardson Rowntree Died July 15th AD 1828 aged 50 years 3 months and (? can't make it out) days. Page titled Births but lists slaves, and not sure if spelling is “bound” or “bornd” Daniel A Slave of Sarah Rowntree Born ...... 1834 James Born in Oct. 1836 Jane Bornd (bound?) 1832 (?) 1839 Jess Bornd (Bound?) 9th April 1841 Bill Bound 1843 Bob in 1845 Billy Bound Aug 1847 George in 1849 Benny 1851 Melby Janes Baby 1851 Page titled Marriages Thomas Rowntree son of Richardson Rowntree married Polly Gilbert March 11th Anno Domini 18__ (Can't make out anything except 18) Second Marriage to Sarah Price Daughter of Matthew Price Sept. (?) 10th Anno Dom. 1815 Caty Rowntree married to ..............Nov. 28th AD 1820(?) Mildred Rowntree maried to Wm. S. Smith July 18th AD 1824 James L. Rowntree married to Mucsadora (?) ….December 4th AD 1825 Betsy Rowntree Married Felix Landess(?) the 18th June 1826 Nancy Rowntree Married to Wm. Smith the 22nd (23rd?) October 1827 Mary Rowntree Married to ....... on the 20th of May 1834 Ann Rowntree Married to ..... on the 23rd of ..... 1840 W G Rowntree .......... This is my ancestor, funny that it's the last entry and can hardly read anything more than his name, but we know he married Mary E Mayfield, they were my great grandmother's grandparents. W G Rowntree Married to Mary E Mayfield……..July (?) 184….. Anyway, that's my interpretation of the pages, perhaps someone out there has information to correct or complete what I have here. 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