Ballantyne - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Andrew Ballantyne

haycockk_barb — 2012-04-20 08:06:36Z

Get in touch withme and i will be able to tell you quite a lot

Kind regards, barbara haycock

Re: Andrew Ballantyne

haycockk_barb — 2012-04-20 03:37:41Z

I am the great niece of andrew ballantyne if you whish to contact me , I can tell you more
kind Regards
granny barb

Re: Ballantyne's in Lanarkshire

aop_1 — 2012-04-05 09:25:26Z

My email address is aop@ihug.co.nz

regards
Shirley Rolfe
Auckland NZ

Re: Ballantyne's in Lanarkshire

haycockk_barb — 2012-04-05 08:55:40Z

Thankyou for your e-mail my mother was the daughter of peter hardie ballantyne. She came out from hamilton to N.Z,in 1912,with her brother peter hardie ballantyne, duncan was a baby, to colligwood, what a trip it must have been.In your list peter and isabella had7chilren they increased there family to 12 by 1907 adding william miller ballantyne 1899 and andrew milligan ballantyne1904 richard sneddon ballantyne 1907 and isabella ballantyne.?I can tellyou a lot more margaret ballantyne and jean ballantyne s family all live in nelson.
Kind regards,
Barbara Haycock

Re: Ballantyne's in Lanarkshire

aop_1 — 2012-04-04 07:43:52Z

Hello,
I have this family in my line. See below. I am descendant from James Ballantine and Mary McMillan of Greenburn Farm Stonehouse Lanark. Regards Shirley Rolfe Auckland New Zealand.

Descendants of Peter Ballantine
Generation No. 1

1. PETER4 BALLANTINE (ROBERT3, HUGH2, JAMES1) was born 11 May 1863. He married ISABELLA MILLIGAN 5 October 1883 in WatsonvilleMmotherwell. Parish of Hamilton. Lanark..

Notes for PETER BALLANTINE:
1901 census at Watsonville Motherwell is
Peter Ballantyne head age 38 coal miner
Isabella Ballantyne wife age 36
Janet .. age 17 servant domestic
Robert age 15 coal miner
Peter age 11 scholar
Maggie age 9
Hugh age 7
Jeannie age 5
John age 4

Children of PETER BALLANTINE and ISABELLA MILLIGAN are:
i. JANET5 BALLANTINE, b. 1884.
2. ii. ROBERT BALLANTINE, b. 1886.
iii. PETER BALLANTINE, b. 1890.
iv. MAGGIE BALLANTINE, b. 1892.
v. HUGH BALLANTINE, b. 1894.
vi. JEANNIE BALLANTINE, b. 1896.
vii. JOHN BALLANTINE, b. 1897.

Generation No. 2

2. ROBERT5 BALLANTINE (PETER4, ROBERT3, HUGH2, JAMES1) was born 1886. He married SARAH MCKENDRICK WILSON 29 December 1912. She was born 1892.

More About ROBERT BALLANTINE:
Residence: 1912, Annsfield cottages Hamilton, Lanark

More About SARAH MCKENDRICK WILSON:
Residence: 1912, Limekilnburn. Hamilton. Lanark

Children of ROBERT BALLANTINE and SARAH WILSON are:
i. JANET6 BALLANTINE, b. 1913.
ii. ISABELLA BALLANTINE, b. 1915.
iii. PETER BALLANTINE, b. 1917.
iv. ANDREW BALLANTINE, b. 1918.
v. SARAH BALLANTINE, b. 1921.
3. vi. HUGH BALLANTINE, b. 1923; d. April 1955, Strathaven, Lanark. Scotland.
vii. ROBERT BALLANTINE, b. 1925.
viii. MARGARET BALLANTINE, b. 1927.
ix. JAMES BALLANTINE, b. 1929.

Generation No. 3

3. HUGH6 BALLANTINE (ROBERT5, PETER4, ROBERT3, HUGH2, JAMES1) was born 1923, and died April 1955 in Strathaven, Lanark. Scotland. He married JANET FINDLAY March 1948 in Strathaven. Lanark. Scotland..

Children of HUGH BALLANTINE and JANET FINDLAY are:
i. JAMES7 BALLANTINE, b. 1947.
ii. JEAN BALLANTINE, b. 1948; d. 2002.
iii. SARAH BALLANTINE, b. 1950.
iv. ROBERT BALLANTINE, b. 1952.
4. v. JANET BALLANTINE, b. 1954, Strathaven, Lanark. Scotland.
vi. ISOBEL BALLANTINE, b. 1955.

Generation No. 4

4. JANET7 BALLANTINE (HUGH6, ROBERT5, PETER4, ROBERT3, HUGH2, JAMES1) was born 1954 in Strathaven, Lanark. Scotland. She married GEORGE BURT 12 July 1974 in East Kilbride. Scotland..

Children of JANET BALLANTINE and GEORGE BURT are:
i. ALISON8 BURT, b. 12 September 1977.
5. ii. LINDA SARAH BURT, b. 3 September 1980.

Generation No. 5

5. LINDA SARAH8 BURT (JANET7 BALLANTINE, HUGH6, ROBERT5, PETER4, ROBERT3, HUGH2, JAMES1) was born 3 September 1980.

Child of LINDA SARAH BURT is:
i. MEGAN JANET9 TRAYNOR, b. 1999.

Re: Ballantyne's in Lanarkshire

haycockk_barb — 2012-04-03 08:05:25Z

Hi I am the grandaughter of peter hardie ballantyne he was the son of isabella milligan of lanarkshire and had a brother Andrew,Robert,hugh etc,if this is your line, Ican tell you more
Cheers
Barbara haycock

Re: Ballantyne of Michigan

Reynolds_JulieLynn — 2012-03-22 07:07:17Z

Hi! I'm Jules...My grandmother was Caroline Ballantyne, her mother was Myra (Almira) Loring-Ballantyne...she married Thomas N. Ballantyne...he came from Canada & his family from Scottland. Could we be a match? :) I hope so! :) & I'm a new-newbie, but pleez feel free to look thru my info (thus far) :)
Have a nice day, JulieLynn

Re: Seeking info from descendants of Richard Ballantyne (1817-1898)

MichelleNelson593 — 2012-03-04 19:21:32Z

I could possibly meet up with you on either day. Just give me a call, I would suggest someplace beside BYU-Idaho to meet or you are welcome to just come to my home in Sugar City. I have just this one book and I am still trying to figure out just what information is in it. I don't have a lot of documentation for me info either. Feel free to call me. 208-201-2447..
Michelle

Re: Seeking info from descendants of Richard Ballantyne (1817-1898)

tengnell — 2012-03-04 16:42:37Z

Dear Michelle,

The project is going slowly. I have managed to track down a lot of information about the children of Zachariah who moved to California and who they married. However, there are still many things that I can't document from primary sources, mostly because I'm not sure where to search. I have also extended the project backward another 2 generations and am looking for documentation for those siblings as well. I'm trying to locate original documents (where possible) for birth, death, burial, marriage(s) for each child and their spouses. Since the earlier generations are during time periods where government agencies did not keep this type of information, I'm having to rely on church records, newspapers, funeral home records, family bibles, etc. as the best available sources of information.

I would be interested in meeting with you and discussion what you might have that can help me. I've found that what gets inherited down one line as documents or family folklore, is information that may not be passed down other lines. I will be in Menan the weekend of March 18th & 19th, perhaps we can meet at BYU Idaho?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Re: Seeking info from descendants of Richard Ballantyne (1817-1898)

MichelleNelson593 — 2012-02-27 17:24:07Z

Hi

Saw your post and was wondering how this project was going for you. Richard Ballantyne is my Great Great Great Grandpa. through him and his wife Huldah Meriah Clark daughter Meriah Cedenia Ballantyne. Is this line one that you would be interested in? I have a book called the Ancestors of Richard Ballantyne and Huldah Meriah Clark which I am now in the process of getting into my computer system and double checking information with the Family Search program as I go. Let me know if I can be of some help. Thanks
Michelle Nelson
Sugar City, Idaho

Henry Ballantyne - Australia

Schatzi78 — 2012-02-18 09:27:48Z

I'm looking for any info on my Grandfathers family. He was born in either India or Pakistan and eventually moved to Australia where he married Janet Nelson and went on to have six kids - Mark, Tony, Elaine, Theresa, Paul and Sally. He died in North Queensland Australia in 2004. He apparently have family (brothers) still in Australia, we think Western Australia.
He also apparently has a brother called Murdoch.

I would love to hear from anyone with any ties to these names and also any Ballantyne family members with an Indian heritage.

Ballantyne/Sinclair

Eileencrimond17 — 2012-02-11 20:23:39Z

On 29th July 1849, my great grandfather James Ballantyne of Bridgeton married Marion Sinclair in Barony Glasgow. Marion was born in Row/Rhu Dunbarton--parents were Finlay Sinclair and Amelia/Emelia Campbell
Does anybody have these names in their tree?
Thank you

Help with Ballantyne Family name

KellyClapham — 2012-01-31 21:18:25Z

Hi i was wondering if anyone could help me find out if im related to the famous Ballantyne brothers from Kelso Scotland.

My Great great grandmother was Esther Ballantyne b.1849 in Eccles and married James Wood b.1852 in Gordon!!

Esther's father (my great 3x Great grandfather) was John Ballantyne b. 1806 in Kelso, he married and Esther Lees.

This is where it gets a little hazy, im not sure who John Ballantyne's parents were, i found on someone elses tree that it was a James Ballantyne & Helen Deans but i can find no match anywhere so im unsure if this is even correct!!

I discovered the story of the famous ballantyne brothers and it may be that there a great uncle perhaps or maybe not related at all, but i cant get past 1806, can anyone help??

Re: Kilmarnock (Glasgow) / Grassmere

BrendaBallantineClarke — 2011-12-27 10:31:34Z

Hello
Thomas Ballantine is my Great Grandfather. One of his son's, Russell Ballantine is my Grandfather, and his son, Kerry Ballantine is my Father.
My email is bballantine.clarke@gmail.com
Brenda

Ballantyne James

wjbowden3 — 2011-11-02 20:51:48Z

I'm In search for any info on My biological father
Benedict James Ballantyne Born Feb 20, 1941 Apparently born in Vancouver Bc, canada
to My Grandfather James Ballantyne & Grandmother anita Not sure if anita is correct name for her,My Grandfather James Ballantyne, Possably Passed away at an Old age, in 1961-1962 ish in Vancouver Bc canada,
Married Anita Dont know when But she was supposed to be a native lady blackfoot and cree, Theres a possabilty that My Father Benedict James Ballantyne Might have had a few siblings Possably named George & delia, but it has not been confirmed,
My Grandfather James Ballantynes Mother (My Great Grandmother Might be a lady Named Isabella Dick, But Not sure on that one either, If any of this sounds familiar to you , Please contact us at Jaci & Wes (wjbowden3@yahoo.com) & Please put in Subject Line INFO On James Ballantynes in the subject line , Thank you to anyone who has any info ,,,,

Ballantyne's in Lanarkshire

1_grumpy1 — 2011-10-29 05:59:57Z

Searching for information on the Ballantyne Family from Lanarkshire Scotland, Thomas Milligan Ballantyne married Margaret McColloch Walker they had 5 children, John, Andrew, Thomas, Caroline and Margaret. Moved to Australia late 1940's or early 1950's. Thomas sr and Andrew both served in Royal Navy.

Re: Ballantyne, Orkney, Scotland

John_Moar — 2011-07-28 15:47:53Z

Jeff and Louise
I am a distant relative through Jane Flett.She also had
Ballantyne ancestors.I live near your Orkney relatives.Your grand-uncle John was my father's best friend when growing up.
I suspect that it would be very difficult to get a firm
ident for william's father.
My e-mail address is JohnMoar@compuserve.com
John

Search For My Father Benedict James Ballantyne Born Feb 20,1941,

wjbowden3 — 2011-07-28 03:04:25Z

Hello,
I am in search of any one who might know of My Biological Father Benedict james ballantyne, son of a james Ballantyne , (Irish maybe french ) & Anita ballantyne Either full native or half native , I understand that ben My bio father spent most of his life in Foster homes and may have had a Brother named George Who is now deceased and a sister named Delia, Ben was supposed to be born in vancouver bc,Born In Feb 20, 1941 Ben married a lady named Georginaaround 1960-61 ish , & had 1 child James (Jim Ballantyne)Born 1963 ish ,then after divoceing first wife , Ben married my mother Linda Bennink in winnipeg manitoba & They had 3 children, Rick born 74, rob , Born 75 and me born 77, and after mom's divorce from ben, be aparenty married a Eliza, then divorced her and is common law with a lady named phyllis,, and his father james was supposed to be born in dublin ireleand ,Again dont know if its true , any info anyone can help me with would be great
Thank you all so very much
Hope to hear from someone soon ,
you can reply here or find our profile and send us a message thank you

Re: John Ballantyne 1896-1885 and Mary Ann Frearson 1798-1885

richhortonrecycleft — 2011-05-27 17:23:56Z

The Frearsons of Leicestershire are my ancestors.
I am researching currently all the descendants of John Ballantyne & Mary Ann Frearson m in 1827.
My tree is on Genes Reunited.

Margaret Ballantyne Richards

arcadia111 — 2011-04-20 01:55:47Z

This individual was born in Belfast and came to Toronto, Canada with her husband and a daughter named Miriam sometime between 1880-1912. She was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetary in Toronto. I am searching for her ancestors or other relatives who came to Canada.

Re: Ballantine's of Chambers Hollow

jballantyne08 — 2011-04-19 16:50:52Z

I have an old hand written genealogy chart documenting the extensive family of John Ballantyne and Agnes Henderson. The Ballantyne names shown are written variously as Ballentine, Ballantine, Ballentyne and Ballantyne depending on the family tradition, so I will use my spelling of the Ballantyne name. This chart was prepared sometime in the early 20th century, and was added to by my aunt, Mary Ballantyne.

It shows that John and Agnes had five children; Thomas who married Elizabeth McAusland, John who married Margaret Ritchie, James (my great grandfather) who married Katherine Whyte, Christina who married James Chambers, and Robert (your ancestor) who married Christina Tweedie.

Robert and Christina had nine children; David who married Elizabeth Darling, Daniel who did not marry, Peter who did not marry, William who died at age 3, Mary who married George Griffin, Thomas who married Jennie Ganaung, Robert who married Katherine DeMond, James who married Lucy Clark, and finally John, your great-grandfather, who married Julia Burrhus and Mary Doig, your great-grandmother. The chart does not indicate who he married first.

The chart shows that John and Mary had one child; Walter Ballantyne, your grandfather, who married Florence Fitch and Betty Price, your grandmother. (Betty’s maiden name as shown on the chart is difficult to read so it may not be accurate.) The chart shows that Walter and Betty had only one child, Shirley Ballantyne, however it appears that this generation was incompletely documented.

As a matter of interest, my genealogical records show that my great-grandfather, James, was the first of the family to immigrate to America. He sailed to America from Peebles, Scotland in 1849 with thirteen members of the Tweedie family. They landed in the port of New York and then traveled to Walton by cart and oxen. They stayed at the John Bryden farm until they were able to purchase land to build their own homes. In 1854, James’ parents, John and Agnes, and their younger children came to America. James purchased 189 acres in a narrow valley known as Chambers Hollow. This farm was located between the Chambers farm and the Curry farm. Later, your ancestor, David Ballantyne, purchase farmland directly across the road from James.

My great-parents James and Katherine had six children, only two of whom married. After James died in 1907, Robert, Christina, and Jen worked the farm. As a young boy during the WW II years, I would spend my summers working on their farm. I have many happy memories of those summers. I knew your great uncle Lawrence and I spent some of my free time roaming the hills with his son, Alfred, who was my age.

I have a number of old photographs of the earlier generations that I can share with you. If this is of interest to you, you may contact me at www.jballantyne5@comcast.net" target="_blank">www.jballantyne5@comcast.net.

Jesse M. Ballantyne Jr., 82, born ,in North Huntingdon, a son of the late Jesse M. Sr. and Elizabeth (Steele) Ballantyne,

KENNELLYMARKA — 2011-04-03 02:50:06Z

Jesse M. Ballantyne Jr.
North Huntingdon

Jesse M. Ballantyne Jr., 82, of North Huntingdon, died Thursday, March 31, 2011, at home. He was born Nov. 26, 1928, in North Huntingdon, a son of the late Jesse M. Sr. and Elizabeth (Steele) Ballantyne, and was also preceded in death by his wife, Josephine (Cramer) Ballantyne; sons, David M. and Jesse M. Ballantyne III; and siblings, Alice Eileen and William Ballantyne. He was a retired truck driver for the Teamsters Union, an Army veteran and member of VFW Post 781, Irwin, Shidle Lodge, No 601 Free and Accepted Masons, Irwin, Syria Temple, Pittsburgh, and the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Pittsburgh. Surviving are grandchildren, Christopher Ballantyne and his wife, Amanda, and Emily Ballantyne; sisters, Myrtle Lepidi, of Jeannette, and Harriet Uhrig, of Florida; also nieces and nephews. Friends will be revived from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the WILLIAM SNYDER FUNERAL HOME, 521 Main St., Irwin, 724-863-1200, where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday with Dr. Ronald H. Wakeman, officiating. Interment will follow in Union Cemetery, North Huntingdon. A Masonic funeral service will be held at 8 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home.
(Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh Tribune)

Re: Andrew Ballantyne born c1826 Scotland d1888 Melbourne AUS

ianbeckett18 — 2011-03-15 09:45:09Z

Hi
Hope you have a speedy recovery. No hurry for the information
Cheers

Ian

Re: Andrew Ballantyne born c1826 Scotland d1888 Melbourne AUS

elainebunyan — 2011-03-14 21:16:34Z

Ian,

Haven't forgotten you - am unwell and it'll be a few days or more before I can get back to you.

Elaine

Re: Andrew Ballantyne born c1826 Scotland d1888 Melbourne AUS

elainebunyan — 2011-03-14 21:16:18Z

Ian,

Haven't forgotten you - am unwell and it'll be a few days or more before I can get back to you.

Elaine

Re: Andrew Ballantyne born c1826 Scotland d1888 Melbourne AUS

wjbowden3 — 2011-03-14 20:15:15Z

Hello,
I am in search of any one who might know of My Biological Father Benedict james ballantyne, son of a james & Anita ballantyne, I understand that ben My bio father spent most of his life in Foster homes and had a Brother named George Who is now deceased and a sister named Delia, Ben was supposed to be born in vancouver bc, from what i was told but not sure if its true or not,Ben married my mother Linda Bennink in winnipeg manitoba & They had 3 children, Rick born 74, rob , Born 75 and me born 77, and after mom's divorce from ben, be aparenty married a Eliza, then divorced her and is common law with a lady named phyllis,, and his father james was supposed tobe born in dublin ireleand ,Again dont know if its true , any info anyone can help me with would be great
Thank you all so very much
Hope to hear from someone soon ,
you can reply here or find our profile and send us a message thank you

Re: Andrew Ballantyne born c1826 Scotland d1888 Melbourne AUS

ianbeckett18 — 2011-02-22 20:18:35Z

Hi Tony

Thank you for this information. I thought that I had replied to your message but I got a "chase up" from Ancestry.

Thanks again for you help

Regaards

Ian

Re: Andrew Ballantyne born c1826 Scotland d1888 Melbourne AUS

family5827 — 2011-02-19 02:43:56Z

Ian

That site is by Darryl Brady in Western Australia. I sent him some of my data back in 2007.

Tony

Re: Andrew Ballantyne born c1826 Scotland d1888 Melbourne AUS

ianbeckett18 — 2011-02-19 01:35:29Z

Hi Elaine.

I found this web address on the internet. I am not sure who the author is.

http://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?perso...

A family tree summary of this web address is
Walter Ballantyne born Scotland circa 1797

Andrew Ballantyne (son) Born circa 1826 at Inverness
Andrew was convicted of stealing a horse and was transported to Australia. He later married Mary O'Dowd/e

John Ballantyne (son) born Victoria 30.1.1859

John Ballantyne (son) born 1894 NSW
died 1962

Howard William Ballantyne born 21.6.1921 South Australia
married Gladys Eileen Hutchinson

Susan Ballantyne (daughter)born Australia

Her son is Jamie Wallis

This is a brief family line - I am not sure of the correct spelling of the family surname so I have used Ballantyne

Hope this helps

Ian

Re: Andrew Ballantyne born c1826 Scotland d1888 Melbourne AUS

family5827 — 2011-02-18 23:36:21Z

Hello Elaine, its Tony in Canberra.

I have the details of Howard William Ballantyne born 1921 in South Australia, and have met some of his descendants. His great grandparents were Andrew Ballantyne and Mary O'Doud (Dowd); Andrew's parents were Walter Ballantyne and Helen Scott, and you may recall from our previous email correspondence that we had trouble pinning down just what happened to Helen and Walter. I think we agreed that Walter probably married at least twice.

I am sending some of the relevant data to Ian by email today.

Am currently employed fulltime and have little time left for research, but by mid year I hope to be retired and want to get stuck into the Ballantyne mysteries again. We may yet be lucky and find something.

Re: Andrew Ballantyne born c1826 Scotland d1888 Melbourne AUS

elainebunyan — 2011-02-18 22:21:36Z

Hi Ian,

A brief contact before bed. It's a while since I did much on this side of my family tree, so when I checked my records, I remembered that I've 2 lots of Ballantynes which seem to be unconnected. I'm finding it hard to find the individual you mention - 7,000 plus names and so many spellings. Have you got any aprrox dobs , parents or other names? Even a place of birth would help me. I have Irish/Ayrshire Ballantynes and west Lothian Ballantynes. I've at least 2 Andrew Ballantynes, as well, so any help to pin down the right man would be a great help.

Elaine

Re: Andrew Ballantyne born c1826 Scotland d1888 Melbourne AUS

ianbeckett18 — 2011-02-18 09:53:20Z

Hi Tony

I have checked your Ballantyne family history. There is certainly some good information in there. Well done.

I will do as you requested and send you an email from your site

Cheers

Ian

Re: Andrew Ballantyne born c1826 Scotland d1888 Melbourne AUS

ianbeckett18 — 2011-02-18 09:49:19Z

Hi Elaine

Thanks for the quick response. I have had some bad experiences with GEDCOM so perhaps a email would be a good solution.

My email address is barbaraian777@hotmail.com.

I do appreciate your help

Kind regards

Ian

Re: Andrew Ballantyne born c1826 Scotland d1888 Melbourne AUS

elainebunyan — 2011-02-18 08:46:12Z

Hi Ian,

This is a quick reply, unfortunately, but I'll get back to you more fully, later.

I'd be delighted to help with your research and can't think of any expenses that I'd want. My family tree is on Genes Reunited under Elaine* Ferguson. My grandmother was a Ballantyne and I've many Ballantynes on it - but the family gets lost in Ireland, so that's a bit frustrating.

If you can't access Genes, there are 2 options - either I send you a Gedcom - it's a rather complex version of my entire family tree (you can't isolate a branch to send, I'm afraid) or I can simply email anything I have on them - that may take several emails.

Best wishes,

Elaine

Re: Andrew Ballantyne born c1826 Scotland d1888 Melbourne AUS

family5827 — 2011-02-18 08:03:36Z

Hello Ian

I'm in Canberra, so not to far from you.

Have you seen my Ballantyne family summary at
http://tonywhelan.net/ballantyne.html

At the bottom of that page is a contact email address (which was off the air recently but is working now). Please email me direct via that address.

I have a fair bit of material and can account for all the Ballantyne/Ballintyne branches in Australia. But it gets a bit murky once you get back to the scottish family. Missing records are par for the course.

Be very pleased to hear from you. If you give me a phone number when you email me, I'm also happy to call you.

Tony

Re: Andrew Ballantyne born c1826 Scotland d1888 Melbourne AUS

ianbeckett18 — 2011-02-18 06:20:55Z

Hi Elaine
My name is Ian Beckett. I live in New South Wales, Australia. This morning I was asked to help a nephew trace his family tree. His grandfather was Howard William Ballintyne/Ballantyne. I have traced his family to your Andrew Ballantyne who married Mary O'Dowd.

I was hoping that you may be able to give me a start on their history please. I would appreciate any assistance that you may be able to give me. I will pay for any reasonable costs involved.

Thanks

Ian

Alex Ballantyne --Battleford Saskatchewan -->Biggar, SK

saskgenweb — 2010-12-06 22:25:11Z

http://biggarencyclopaedia.wetpaint.com/page/Biggar%27s+Firs...

Searching for any information about Alex Ballantyne who was born near Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada and came to Biggar, SK, CA the railway divisional point in the summer of 1909

Re: Galshiels Ballantyne

NigelBudge — 2010-09-11 07:28:50Z

Hi I believe we are related, also a large number of Ballantynes in our family, many going to Canada then America almost 5 out of 7 brothers. I have a lot of birth and marriage information.

Re: Ballantine's of Chambers Hollow

JimNuessle — 2010-08-23 17:28:14Z

We are related and I will contact you sometime in Sept. with the information I have.

Re: Ballantine's of Chambers Hollow

hmb4888 — 2010-08-17 02:13:28Z

My husband's great grandfather was Thomas Ballantyne, brother of Robert Ballantine and son of John Ballantine and Agnes Henderson.
My husband's grandfather was Fred Ballantyne, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (McAuslan) Ballantyne.
I'm very willing to share any information I have and hope you will do the same.

McCourt County Louth Ireland & McShane

mandyweir71 — 2010-07-29 19:39:48Z

My Great Great Great Grandfather married an Anne (Annie) McCourt, she was baptised in 1836 in Carlingford Co Louth, parents Michael McCourt & Mary McKevitt, siblings Mary McCourt c1838 & daniel (Danl)McCourt 1846.
Anne McCourt married a James McShane c1831(also Irish born), son of James McShane & Ann Roddie, James & Anne married in Scotland in 1858, Anne's parents Micheal & Mary also come to Scotland sometime between 1846-1857, her sister Mary McCourt married a Patrick O'Hare.

Zachariah Ballantyne (1856-1933)

tengnell — 2010-07-24 03:01:12Z

Does anyone know where his family was living between 1890-1900? I'm having a very difficult time locating church records for the blessing of his children during the 1890-1900 time period.

Robert Ballantyne and Agnes Porteus

alan007434 — 2010-07-19 15:53:55Z

In tracing my mothers side of the family tree I came up with the following. It may be that I have made some wrong assumptions but it seems to fit. Robert Ballantyne b1677 married Jean Ilis or Ellis in 1697 at Traquaire, Peebles. Their son Thomas b1701 married Elizabeth Broun in 1724. Their son James b1727 married Isobel Grieve b1718 (Peebles) in 1748. N.B. The Grieve family can be traced back to John Grieve b1633 in Peebles and he married an Isobell Porteous(!) in 1651. in 1764 Robert Ballantyne was born to James and Isobell and in 1790 he married Agnes Porteous. Their son James b circa 1790 married Elizabeth Whitsun 1n 1815. They had a son James b 1823 who married Margaret Simpson in 1845 and I believe they emigrated to Ontario (Margaret's parents are shown as living in Ontario in the 1881 Canadian census) and had children one of whom was Ellen Ballantyne b 1845/9. I believe Ellen married John Cross an English railway worker living in Canada in 1865/6 and they then had a daughter Margaret A Cross b 1865/6 (my grandmother) there were several other children of James and Margaret who remained in Canada. John and Ellen then I believe moved initially to Malta where their son John Francis Cross (Francis was John's father's name) was born in 1871 eventually returning to England (Gateshead) where a second son James BALLANTYNE Cross was born followed by Esther, Mary, Helen and Emily. Margaret A Cross married John Curry in 1884. John Cross died in 1883 and Ellen remarried a widower Charles M Long. English census forms for 1881 and 1891 show Ellen as having been born in Canada. Hope all this helps. I would like to find confirmation of all the foregoing so if you can agree it I would appreciate that information. Kindest Regards, Alan Prue. Contact email alan@prue.fsworld.co.uk

Re: Ballantyne

bjawbrey — 2010-05-31 06:24:02Z

It's been a long time since you posted this query. I've just begun using the ancestry website.

My great-great grandfather was James Burn Ballantyne (1829-1877). He lived in Brackettville, Texas. His daughter Agnes was my great-grandmother. I have little more information than you. William Ballantyne was James' father and his mother was Margaret Clapham Burn.

Who were your great-grandparents and grandparents? Did you have any family in Brackettville?

Betty Awbrey

Re: Ballantyne

bjawbrey — 2010-05-31 06:15:12Z

I have just now read your post regarding James Burn Ballantyne. My great-great grandfather is also James Burn Ballantyne. My great-grandmother was Agnes Ballantyne of Brackettville, Texas. I'm wondering who your great-grandparents were. I have some information about the Ballantynes. I would like to share information.

Betty Awbrey

Re: Andrew Ballantyne born c1826 Scotland d1888 Melbourne AUS

elainebunyan — 2010-04-20 19:37:35Z

Hi Sally,

Sorry, I seem to have changed my tree name. I'm now under Elaine Ferguson.

I'll try to access yours and send my tree that way.

Regards,

Elaine

Re: Andrew Ballantyne born c1826 Scotland d1888 Melbourne AUS

belgariad77 — 2010-04-20 18:45:35Z

Hello Elaine

I tried to access the Ballantyne family tree via GenesReunited but couldn't seem to find it, but it is our first time on that site, any chance of letting me have access to it, i am on GenesReunited as sallyldorans.

I noticed on your tree on this site that you have Agnes Boyd, born c1835 New Luce, she was the sister of my 2nd Great Grandmother Jane Boyd, born c1849 New Luce, providing they are the same Agnes Boyd of course.

I'm hoping to find a connection of your Ballantynes to Hopkins, which are my line.

Hope to hear from you soon

Sally L Dorans

Re: Robert Ballantine m Agnes Porteous

louisewaldie — 2010-04-05 06:52:54Z

I am a descendant of Robert Ballantype and Agnes Porteous. I have a copy of "The Ballantyne Family History" which starts with Robert and Agnes. However, after a recent move, the copy of the booklet hasn't yet surfaced. I don't have any information on any of their ancestors.

Re: William Ballantyne & Janet Armstrong

peteduff1 — 2010-03-31 21:39:11Z

In the International Genealogical Index on the LDS database at http://www.familysearch.org there is a record of the birth of a James Burn Ballantyne, born 12 Sep 1829, in Edinburgh, to William Ballantyne and Margaret Clapham Burn.

There is also a record of a John Ballantyne, born 25 Feb 1828 to William Ballantyne and Margaret Clapham, in Edinburgh.

Old parish birth records for James and John also exist at ScotlandsPeople ( http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk ).

Re: William Ballantyne & Janet Armstrong

jackpirtle — 2010-03-31 21:38:52Z

I am looking for any information on a Ballantyne from Scotland who married Margaret Clapham Burn. They had at least 2 sons, one of which, James Burn Ballantyne, moved to the United States and settled in Texas. Any help would be greatly appreciated.