I have this family in my tree - through marriage. I have Andrew's parents as James Bannatyne and Eliz Ballenden. Eliza was a daughter of John Ballenden and Elizabeth Gray/Kennedy. A brother of Eliza's, John Mcnab Ballenden, married Elizabeth Jobson which is where my connection by marriage is. -----Original Message----- From: Lisa Conrad <nisus00@earthlink.net> To: orkney@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:07 Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] South Ronaldsay strays Yes, indeed, Willie -- you have found a So. Ronaldsay "Stray"! Congratulations! High fives! hehee :-) You didn't say where the information you show came from (from what record-- e.g. is it a book?), but guess what -- even the date of birth is correct for this SR "Stray" on that source. William "Balenden, Surgeon" [sic] and his brother, John Balenden" [sic] were the Witnesses to the baptism (which occurred on 17th November 1829). Factoid: This William Ballenden married a daughter of the Rev. John Gerard, Mary Russell Gerard. Both William and Mary died in Stromness, in 1868, and 1863, respectively. -- Lisa www.SouthRonaldsay.net ----------------------------------- William Sinclair wrote: > Hi Lisa found this stray, (I hope) He became an MP in the Canadian Parliament. > > BANNATYNE, Andrew Graham Ballenden > Picture not available > Picture not available > Date of Birth (yyyy.mm.dd): 1829.10.31 > Place of Birth: South Ronalshay, Orkney Islands, Scotland > Deceased Date (yyyy.mm.dd): 1889.05.18 (59 years old) > Occupation: Fur trader, merchant > Political Affiliation: > > * Liberal Party of Canada > (1874.01.22 - ) > > Federal Political Experience > Years of Service: 1266 Days (3 years, 5 months, 18 days) > ^ House of Commons > Constituency Date of Election (yyyy.mm.dd) Result > Provencher, Manitoba 1875.03.31 Elected > Selkirk, Manitoba 1874.01.22 Defeated > ^ Caucus > Party Term (yyyy.mm.dd) > Liberal Party of Canada 1875.03.31 - 1878.08.16 > > ------------------ List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, Subscribing and UnSubscribing can be found at: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORKNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today.