BALLANTYNE, Andrew (DNA Link) ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}

   Other names for Andrew were BALLANTYNE, A. ¹³ and BALLINTYNE, Andrew.¹¹

  General Notes:

Old Parish Registers
Muirkirk parish Ayrshire
Births & Baptisms

"1837
Ballantyne
Thomas Ballantyne & Helen Ballantyne, a son born 2d March. and baptized on 19th named Andrew"

The 1871 census for Buckingham England recorded Andrew Ballantyne, aged 34 years, his wife Ellen Edith [sic], aged 28 years, and their three children living at 6 Chandos Road. Andrew was born in Scotland, Ellen in Great Gaddesden, and the children in Buckingham. Two male boarders, both draper's assistants, and a female domestic servant also lived in the household. Andrew was recorded as a "Draper and Tea Dealer employing 2 assistants".

In 1881 Andrew Ballantyne and his wife were living with their seven children in Bridge Street, Buckingham. Andrew was recorded as a draper and clothier by occupation. A female draper's assistant, Annie Maria Bailey, also lived in the household.

"Name: Andrew Ballantyne
Land Order or Certificate Date: 30 Jul 1884
Record Type: Nominal Register of Applications for Land" ^{4 5 7 8}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Arrival: from London, England, 23 December 1883, Australia. ¹³

Andrew married Ellen Elizabeth CARTER on 26 September 1864 in Great Gaddesden, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England.^{1 2} (Ellen Elizabeth CARTER was born about 1842 in Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England ^{5 8 14} and died in 1929 ¹⁴.)