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W. R. Ballard circa 1890. Captain William Rankin Ballard (August 12, 1847 – February 4, 1929) was a Seattle pioneer, banker, [1] and land developer. [2] He was one of the founders of the city of Ballard, Washington (incorporated in 1890) which was later annexed to the growing city of Seattle, Washington in 1907. [3]
W. R. Ballard (c. 1890) was largely responsible for the building's construction. The Seattle National Bank was incorporated in February 1889 [5] with George W. E. Griffith as president, William Rankin Ballard as vice-president and Fred Warde as cashier. [6]
Ballard is a neighborhood in northwestern Seattle, Washington, United States.Formerly an independent city, the City of Seattle's official boundaries define it as bounded to the north by Crown Hill (N.W. 85th Street), to the east by Greenwood, Phinney Ridge and Fremont (along 3rd Avenue N.W.), to the south by the Lake Washington Ship Canal, and to the west by Puget Sound's Shilshole Bay. [1]
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Rankin is a last name of Scottish and English origin, brought to Ireland by the Plantation of Ulster. The name is derived from the medieval personal name Rankin, which is a diminutive of Ronald or Rand, combined with the diminutive suffix kin .
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The William C. Ballard, Jr. Stock Index From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when William C. Ballard, Jr. joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -5.2 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.