Andrew Ballantyne was born in 1825 in Inverness-shire, Scotland as the third child of Walter Ballantyne and Ellen Mary Scott. He had seven siblings, namely: Beth, Helen, Walter, Agnes, James Scott, Robert, and Isabel. He died on 21 July 1888 in Flemington, Victoria, Australia. When he was 26, he married Mary O'Dowde on 1 December 1851 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Crime: 19 September 1844 in Inverness-shire, Scotland (Horse stealing - 7 years) Convict Number: 9 November 1846 (#UNKNOWN) Immigration: Arr.: 9 November 1846 in Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia (Per "Maitland")

Andrew Ballantyne and Mary O'Dowde had the following children:

1.    Hellen Mary Ballintyne was born in 1853 in Campbell's Creek, Victoria, Australia. She died in 1854 in Campbell's Creek, Victoria, Australia.

2.    Bridget Ballintyne was born about 1854. She died before July 1855.

3.    Ann Ballintyne was born on 16 July 1855 in Campbell's Creek, Victoria, Australia. She died on 12 April 1928 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. She married George MacLaurin in 1874 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.

4.    Mary Ballintyne was born on 12 April 1857 in Campbell's Creek, Victoria, Australia. She died in 1928 in Kew, Victoria, Australia. She married Patrick McAlister in 1874 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.

5.    John Ballintyne was born on 30 January 1859 in Loddon, Victoria, Australia. He died on 5 January 1923 in Boulder, Western Australia, Australia. He married Agnes Ballintyne on 23 December 1886 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

6.    Bridget Agnes Ballintyne was born about 1861. She died on 3 July 1913 in Flemington, Victoria, Australia. She married James Joseph Mulvahill in 1881 in Victoria, Australia.

7.    Ellen Ballintyne was born about 1864 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. She died on 5 June 1911 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She married Edward Dwyer in 1883 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.

8.    Eliza Ballintyne was born about 1865 in Wattle Flat, Victoria, Australia. She died in 1868 in Wattle Flat, Victoria, Australia.

9.    Andrew Ballintyne was born in 1867 in Wattle Flat, Victoria, Australia. He died in 1868 in Wattle Flat, Victoria, Australia.

10. Elizabeth Agnes Ballintyne was born about 1870 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. She died in May 1890 in Flemington, Victoria, Australia.