Agnes Ballantyne, Quebec

[suttontrust]

My great-grandmother, Agnes Ballantyne, was born in Quebec in 1846, according to the British censuses.  She married an English soldier, David Clarke, in 1865 in Quebec, and returned to England with him.  I have their marriage record, but have been unable to find anything at all about Agnes.  I would appreciate any help.

[KarenM]

Hi Suttontrust,

Since you have their marriage certificate, perhaps Agnes lived in the area where they were married?  The 1851 Canada Census is on-line, but not indexed, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1851/index-e.html

Karen

[KarenM]

Does the marriage certificate has Agnes' father on it at all?

Karen

[suttontrust]

I put the Quebec family history group onto it a couple of years ago and they came up with the marriage record below.  No father, as you see, although there is a Ballantyne as a witness whose name I can't make out unless it's another Agnes.  They said they'd looked for any more information about her but couldn't find anything.

[J.J.]

If you look on the 1881 census of Canada..there are not that many Ballantyne families... Only 34 names in all Quebec
Please note that :The following replies from 1906 were missing information and is not the right family as a death was found for this Agnes...
Please go to page two for the correct information
Was her ancestry Scottish?
If so...One that sticks out in Bristol, Pontiac...
(as you said a Witness was Agnes, could it have been her mother's signature?)
as Peter b. 1813 & Agnes b. 1818 as BALLENTINE both born Scotland...and 7 children born Quebec...first around the age of your Agnes...There is also a David, outside the household ...says Ontario, but I wonder, as his children are Peter & Agnes...  they are in the very same town, and the only other Ballentines, with children Peter & Agnes...

Anyway, just a thought if you wanted to see if they also had a child born Agnes,
or with the middle name of Agnes....

There are as I said, other scattered Ballatynes...some say Scottish descent, some say French....

all the best, J.J.

[J.J.]

Have you tried this site for lookups...?
http://www.rootsweb.com/~canqc/lookupsa-c.html

[J.J.]

This is exciting, I didn't know I could also access the whole 1851 census!!!

Oh, here you go!  , I looked at the 1851 and there she is!!!
as "Agnus Balentine"  about 1846 Bristol!  Put the surname as Balentine and there they all are in Bristol....
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1851_pdf/e093/e002309866.pdf

There's also a John born 1776 & Jane 1775 Scotland with a Hugh born 1809 Scotland... in previous listing, so could be her Grandparents and uncle also!!!!!

all the best, J.J.
 

[suttontrust]

Wonderful!  Amazing!  Thank you so much, a brick wall crumbles 

[J.J.]

Super...Hope that you can find more!
I.G.I....There are a couple of Janet marriages in 1804....( the 1809 one died in the U.S.) Your Peter has a ten year range in ages betw. 1881 and 1851 but the earlier is certainly closer to Hugh's age...

Good luck...let us know what you find!