Annie (Munro) Ballantyne (1815 - 1900)

Born 19 Sep 1815 in Creich, Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Wife of John Ballantyne — married 14 Sep 1840 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 17 Jan 1900 at age 84 in Woodburn, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Annie Munro was born in the parish of Creich, Sutherland, Scotland, on the 19th of September, 1815, to shepherd William Munro and Ann MacKay, and baptised on the 24th of September, 1815.^[1]

The Munro family came to Australia as assisted immigrants via the James Moran, arriving 11th February 1839.^[2][3]

Annie and convict John Ballantyne received permission to marry on the 22nd May 1840.^[4] They married at Wollongong on the 14th September 1840.^[5]

Annie and John farmed in the Shoalhaven area, and later moved to Woodburn, where she died on the 17th or 18th of January, 1900.^[6][7] John and Annie are buried in the Woodburn Cemetery.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ScotlandsPeople website. MUNRO, ANNE, parents: WILLIAM MUNRO/ANNE MACKAY FR 47 (FR47), F, baptism: 24/09/1815 046/ 10 38 parish: Creich. Transcript of image: Creich Sept 19th 1815. Which day William Munro Shepherd at Knockfionn had by his wife Anne Mackay a daughter born to him lawfully begot and baptized the twenty fourth day same month & year named Anne.
2. ↑ New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896. Retrieved from Ancestry.com.au. Transcript of image: Anne Monroe, Married female immigrant, arrived by ship: James Moran, brought out by Government, a native of: Sutherlandshire, Parish of Farr, daughter of Anne McKay, [illegible??], calling: dairy maid, age on embarkation: 40 years - 26 July 1838, heath: good, religion: Presbyterian, remarks: reads & writes a little. Male children, exceeding one, and under eighteen years: Angus, 15 years 7? April 1838. Female children, exceeding one, and under eighteen years: Anne, 18 years August 1838; Jane, 19 years April 1838; Hughena, 12 years October 1838; Catherine 10 years Sept. 1838; Barbara, 8? years July 1838.
3. ↑ Passenger list of the James Moran. no. 20 & 21.
4. ↑ New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851. Retrieved from Ancestry.com.au
5. ↑ NSW BDM: Marriage 744/1840 V1840744 75
6. ↑ NSW BDM: Death 590/1900
7. ↑ Advertising (1900, January 27). The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser (NSW : 1891 - 1937), p. 2. Retrieved December 21, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135733069
   BALLANTYNE. —January 18th, at Woodburn, Richmond River, Anne, relict of the late John Ballantyne. aged 83 years.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 03 June 2021), memorial page for Annie Munro Ballantyne (19 Sep 1815–17 Jan 1900), Find A Grave: Memorial #148463762, citing Woodburn Cemetery, Woodburn, Richmond Valley Council, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by Kathleen Cobcroft (contributor 48442010).