When Peter Ballantyne was born on 15 June 1811, in Scotland, his father, David Ballantyne, was 62 and his mother, Ann Bannerman, was 24. He married Jane Taylor on 1 April 1847, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1844 and lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. He died on 12 September 1893, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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Scottish: variant of Ballentine .
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Possible Related NamesEntry from brother, Richard Ballentyne's journal: "From thence my mother, sister Jane and sister Annie went by way of Glasgow to Liverpool, while I parted from them here, and went to Dumfries for my b …
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