He was quite successful at this and when his father returned, they turned it into a business, further opening a store with a warehouse at 18 Little Street.
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In 1861, Frank’s father joined the Union Army during the Civil War which led to 10-year-old Frank dropping out of school to support his family, financially.įrank started working in a lawyer’s office for two dollars a week and spent a lot of his free time at the Brooklyn Navy Yard collecting scraps that were discarded to be sold at Navy auctions. Apparently, a Francis of the Macdonald clan rescued the clan banner during the Battle of Bannockburn and was given the family name, Bannerman, by the King of Scots, Robert the Bruce.įrank’s family moved to the United States when Frank was only 3 years of age and settled in Brooklyn with Frank’s father selling marine scraps at Navy auctions. Pollepel Island: History of Bannerman familyįrank Bannerman’s son, David, discovered the island accidentally on a canoe trip on the Hudson and Frank went on to purchase it from the owners, Thomas and Mary family on December 5, 1900. Frank (Francis) Bannerman VI was born in Dundee, Scotland on March 24, 1851, and belonged to one of the few proud families of MacDonald who had survived the Massacre of Glencoe of February 13, 1692.
With the Hudson all around it in a natural moat design, there was a time when Bannerman Island was the most unsafe place in New York. Standing majestically tall on this island is an ancient surplus military equipment warehouse of yore, Bannerman’s Castle giving the island its present name, Bannerman Island. Unoccupied for a long time, the island, reachable only by boat, was rumoured to be haunted according to the locals. Locals attribute the name of the island to a legend about a young girl, Polly Pell who had been stranded on it. Situated in the Hudson River in New York, is the 6.5-acre Pollepel Island.
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