Ballantines/Ballantynes of Ayrshire/Lanarkshire

[mactheref]

I would be interested in hearing from anyone looking to fill in their Ballantine/Ballantyine  family trees.
Maybe we are related
mostly my family is from Ayrshire or previous to that in Lanarkshire
Looking forward to hearing from you
Mac

[liverpool lass]

I have Ballantynes in Glasgow who then moved to Liverpool. May have started out in Leith.

[Jassy]

I have James Ballantine b.abt 1795 Kirkoswald Ayrshire died 1873 in Glassford.
His reputed father was James Ballantine,Tailor,who married Margaret Shearer at Eastwood Renfrew in 1798.
James and Margaret had two sons that I know of in Stonehouse Lanarkshire
Andrew b abt 1800 and Hugh b. about 1804.

Janet

[Nigel B]

My grandmother was a Ballantyne, but from the Borders my 3 x Great  Grandfather was Andrew Ballantyne born 19th Oct 1814 in Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland and died 20 December 1875 in Ladhope, Roxburghshire, Scotland he had 12 children  .

Nigel

[GDN]

I am prohibited from sending an Excel Spreadsheet with 2 Worksheets on Ballantines.
On the Robert Niven Worksheet you would find Janet Niven marrying Thomas Ballantine and later their granddaughter Agnes Ballantine marrying Alexander Niven.
On the Niven/Ballantine sheet you would see a Billy Niven (adopted), whose grandson (I think) John Ballantine Niven was killed in 9/11.

Gordon Niven

[hdw]

I have been researching my family-history for over 30 years and the one line on which I have never made any progress is Ballantyne.

I know that my 4 x great-grandparents Thomas Welsh and Jean Ballantyne were married in Glasgow in 1795. Thomas was a soldier in the 7th Regiment of Fencibles, the "Hopetoun Fencibles", and I believe he was from Roxburghshire.

Jean is described in the marriages register as "Residenter in Glasgow", which just means that she lived there, but of course she may well have been a native. The only possible birth I've found at the right time in Glasgow (I can't remember the date offhand) is a Jane or Jean born to James Ballantine and Christian McGregor. I have never been able to find this couple's marriage.

Harry

[E. Niven]

William Seton Gordon Duys Niven was adopted by his aunt after his mother, Adele Gordon Duys died. The aunt was Susan Gordon who had married John Niven.
William Niven had three children. The youngest, John Ballantine Niven, was my husband. He was killed at age 44 on September 11th. His son is named  John Ballantine Niven. I found this site because my son and I were looking for more background on his name, so I would be interested to know more about Ballantine and Niven.  I have a detailed family tree on Gordon.

[grendlsmother]

I have a Jessie Baird born c.1870.   Her mother was Jessie Ballantyne married to Samuel Baird.   No other details other than it was possibly in the Irvine area.

[GDN]

In reply to E Niven
Great to correspond with you. I have extensive details of Nivens and Ballantines on the Niven of Maybole Family Tree on Ancestry.com. Your direct ancestor, Alexander Niven b1760 Bishop Of Dunkeld, was a school friend of Robert Burns as was Alexander's full cousin, William Niven b1762. I clearly have errors on the Family Tree regarding your family. Please clarify the following?  Was your husband's parents William Niven and ?. Was your husband's grandparents William Seton Gordon Duys Niven and Jeanne? What were the names of your husband's siblings? William, Susan & Wendy?
Regards

Gordon Niven