Hello All...
I thought I would come in here and see if any of you could help me and tell me exactly what clan I come from.
Lets see...it is all a little sketchy.
I know that Both my Great-Grand parents on my Grandmother side were from Edinburgh, Scotland. Now I do not think they were both born there and I am not sure what their names were at the moment...
I do know Robert and John Ballantine (my families proper spelling) were brothers and they left Scotland because of bickering.
I am a decendent of Roberts side.
Robert owned a Cabinet Shop in Preston, Ontario.
He married Mary Jane Miller and they moved to Grasmere, Ontario. Where that lived on 400 acres of land.
Between 1868-69 My Great-Grandfather John Ballantine was born.
My Great-Grandfather Ballantine married Jeanette Flintoff (unsure will check back with you on that one...75 % sure that was her last name) They were married from 1918 -1941. I am sure that is when My G-Grandfather Ballantine passed on. I think Jeanette was about 20 years younger than John.
They had children and one of them was my Grandmother. Mary Ballantine (Born in 1921 - still living). She was raised just outside of Huntsville, Ontario. She married Alfred Manary and had 6 children.
Does this help? I do not know...It seems like a jumbled up mess to me. I am interested in my family history just not that good with Names and dates. This is just all off the top of my head.
Thanks for any help you all could give me.
