tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31956947.post587756396512507877..comments2023-06-21T11:05:02.624-04:00Comments on Uibles: A Family Blog: Alexander Bell Ballantyne 1841-1885Serenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554501674052319714noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31956947.post-77668288595853213562019-04-14T21:52:25.736-04:002019-04-14T21:52:25.736-04:00Aloha family anna irene cline is my great grandmot...Aloha family anna irene cline is my great grandmother hope to chatAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12068268216169051522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31956947.post-11754362642381505552012-01-16T10:04:23.976-05:002012-01-16T10:04:23.976-05:00Just discovered in reading through family reunion ...Just discovered in reading through family reunion notes done by Mary Frances "Fran" Cline Pizzella Gavey, grand daughter of C.A. Ballantyne (1875-1957, brother of our grandfather Nathaniel Wallace Ballantyne) that Alexander Bell Ballantyne was born 25 Feb 1841 rather than in 1842.Catherine Uible Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02229128004745240802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31956947.post-72302149138069312862012-01-16T08:35:17.759-05:002012-01-16T08:35:17.759-05:00MV, you are correct about James L. Freeman, our 2n...MV, you are correct about James L. Freeman, our 2nd great grandfather and father of Virginia Irene Freeman Ballantyne. Here's a bit more about him in the book <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=eqki8LI8mfUC&pg=PA745&dq=men+of+west+virginia+freeman&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nyQUT_74AfG02AXTkJGECg&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=freeman%20ballantyne&f=false" rel="nofollow">Men of West Virginia</a>. I haven't gotten to him as a research subject yet but he's definitely on the list!Catherine Uible Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02229128004745240802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31956947.post-32687466694266077032012-01-12T09:47:15.500-05:002012-01-12T09:47:15.500-05:00As I recall, Catherine, the Ballantyne/Freeman mar...As I recall, Catherine, the Ballantyne/Freeman marriage was how NW Ballantyne came to have WV Fire Clay---the land originally belong to the Freeman family and at one point it was discovered to have high heat tolerance and thus was a great match for the steel furnaces in PA.Mary Uible Crowsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16777469182423614714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31956947.post-82454198318129775492012-01-11T09:31:39.413-05:002012-01-11T09:31:39.413-05:00I added the following to the post after receiving ...I added the following to the post after receiving an email from Pat Kessel.<br />*****<br />Additional information received from Pat Kessel: <br />Mary Francis Cline is my 1st cousin and was the daughter of my mother's sister Ann Ballantyne Cline. Ann's Husband was Clarence Cline and they had 8 children. I have a sister Gretchen Lee Kessel Malloy who is three years younger than I and lives in Bethesda, MD. My grandfather was Charles Alexander Balllantyne and he was married to Mary Conley Ballantyne and they had three children, all girls, they were Ann, Elizabeth and Natalie (my and Gretchen's mother). My grandfather, who was called "Alec" and "C.A." and your grandfather "Nat" were partners in the clay grinding business when they retired. My aunt Elizabeth, who everyone called "Tat" was a school teacher. She was married to Fred B. Fisher and they had 4 children.<br /><br />I think l'm the only descendant of the Ballantyne Clan still living in Hancock County, WV. I was born in New Cumberland, in the house next door to where your grandfather Nathan and grandmother Lucy lived for many, many years. I still live only 4 miles away from that home.Catherine Uible Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02229128004745240802noreply@blogger.com