Andrew Graham Ballenden Bannatyne (1829 - 1889)

Born 31 Oct 1829 in South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (McDermot) Bannatyne — married 19 Aug 1851 in Red River Colony, British North America

Descendants

Died 18 May 1889 at age 59 in Merchant's Hotel, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Andrew Graham Ballenden Bannatyne (1829-1889) was a fur trader, merchant, magistrate and politician. He entered the service of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1846. but quit in 1851, apparently because he wanted to marry and junior clerks were forbidden to do so. He and his wife Annie would have at least 10 children.

Bannatyne's father-in-law was the richest merchant in the Red River Colony. He helped Bannatyne go into business as a "free trader", opposing the power of the Hudson’s Bay Company which claimed monopoly of trade in Rupert’s Land under the terms of its charter of 1670. The Company arrested him in 1857 for illegal trading, but soon released him, and his trading firm eventually became the largest in Red River.

He was a philanthropist and filled a number of official positions in the Colony. He was also sympathetic to the Métis demands for autonomy - conscious, perhaps, that both he and his wife were of mixed ancestry - and took a moderate position during the Red River Rebellion of 1869-70. He later succeeded Louis Riel as the Member of Parliament for the Manitoba district of Provencher (1875-1878).

He lost much of his fortune in the 1880s land boom, but still managed to winter in the southern United States. While returning from one such vacation in Texas, he died in St. Paul, Minnesota on 18 May 1889, aged 60.

Sources

• Memorable Manitobans: Andrew Graham Ballenden Bannatyne (1829-1889)[1]

• BANNATYNE, ANDREW GRAHAM BALLENDEN. Dictionary of Canadian Biography.[2]

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_River_Rebellion

• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X18J-JXJ : 2 January 2015), Andrew Grahme Balenden Bannatyne, 31 Oct 1829; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 990,513.

• "Genealogy Searches for Unrestricted Records (Deaths)," database. Entry for Andrew Graham Ballendine Bannatyne, age 59; Registration Number: 1889-002432, WPG, 18 May 1889. https://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency (vitalstats.gov.mb.ca : accessed 5 Jun 2023). note: Andrew died at St. Paul, Minnesota according to his probate records

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92039270/andrew-graham_ballenden-bannatyne: accessed 05 June 2023), memorial page for Andrew Graham Ballenden Bannatyne (31 Oct 1829–18 May 1889), Find A Grave: Memorial #92039270, citing Kildonan Presbyterian Cemetery, Kildonan, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Maintained by VDR (contributor 47292775).

• "Canada, Manitoba Probate Records, 1871-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKBT-9564 : 9 August 2017), Andrew G Bannatyne, date 1888-1889, Eastern Judicial District, Manitoba, Canada; citing file number 629, Provincial Archives, Winnipeg; FHL microfilm 1,381,839.