Brief Life History of Esther
When Esther Hetherington was born on 1 June 1845, in Kendal, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Hetherington, was 33 and her mother, Jane Belcher, was 29. She married George Oliver Barnett on 14 September 1863, in Haldimand, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Haldimand, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Souris, Manitoba, Canada in 1911. She died on 25 November 1911, in North Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 66.
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- Esther Barnett in household of James O Barnett, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Legacy NFS Source: Esther Hetherington - Government record: birth: 1 June 1845; Kendal, Westmoreland, England, United Kingdom
- Esther Etherington, "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869"
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1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
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North Cayuga was formed by dividing the earlier Township of Cayuga into two. A date for this has not been found, but it was before the publication of the Canadian County Atlas around 1880.
Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from Hetherington in Wark (Northumberland) or from Harrington (Northamptonshire), both from the Old English personal name Hǣthhere + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. This surname has been established in Ireland (Laois, Tyrone) since the 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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