Hetherington / Harpur History

[Matt McNamara]

Hi Matt,

I am in Paris at the moment and yes must be a sad man to be on the site but hey there ya go I will add to this Thread when I return. At a glance we go back in Military History to The Boer war, WW1, WW2, and our own service both grandfathers uncles fathers brothers have served in the Congo, Sinai, Cyprus and The Leb.

My Laptop at home is sick so it may be a week or 2 till I get back Good Thread

TTFN
Tommy H

[tommyhetherington]

Hi Matt,
Can you change Hetherington Family History to Hetherington/Harpur
Thanks
Tommy H

[tommyhetherington]

Hi Matt,
A start on my Family History and the meaning of our name.

English (northern border counties): habitational name from a place so named in Northumberland, possibly from Old English heahdeor ‘stag’, ‘deer’ or h?ddre ‘heather’ + -ing ‘characterized by’ + tun ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’. This surname has been established in Ireland since the 16th century.

Tommy H

[tommyhetherington]

Hi Matt,
You can't have one without the other:

The boy's name Harpur \ha(r)-pur\ is a variant of Harper (Old English), and the meaning of Harpur is "harpist, minstrel

Family Motto: Pleasant and Brave

It looks like both families Laois and Wexford came from Scotland

Tommy H

[tommyhetherington]

Hi Matt,
My Grandfather Richard Hetherington passed on the story of one of our relatives who died during the Boer war and he was:

8155 Corporal Hetherington P
Unit- Thorneycrofts Mounted Infantry
He was killed at Spion Kop on the 24-Jan-1900.

Tommy H

[tommyhetherington]

Hi Matt,
History slowing down a bit just doing some research and am near the end.

Tommy H

[tommyhetherington]

Hi Matt,
Finding time is getting harder but here is a bit I found today
My Grandfather Richard Hetherington as I have said served in the 25th Battalion and I have discovered My Grandfather Paddy Harpur was attached to the 25th Battalion during this period circa 1941 more to follow

Tommy H

[tommyhetherington]

Hi Matt,
Here is a brief look at my direct line of ancestors on the Hetherington side:

Thomas Hetherington Born 29/01/1967 (ME)

Thomas Hetherington (Snr) Born 10/06/1948

Richard Hetherington Born 27/10/1912 Died 30/11/1991

John Hetherington Born 17/07/1884 Died 21/09/1960

Patrick Hetherington Born 10/07/1862 Died 1920's

Patrick Hetherington Born 15/06/1830 Died???

William Hetherington Born circa 1798 Died ?

John Hetherington Born 21/10/1766 Died ?

Edmund Hetherington Born circa 1730 Died ?

These nine men of my tree have shown me close to a thousand people in my tree as I have obtained information on all their wives and children and so on.
Alot of hard work but well worth the effort.

Tommy H

[tommyhetherington]

Hi Matt,
My Grandfather Richard Hetherington joined the Army on the 06/09/1940 during the Emergency.
His Army number was E/433411 he trained in the CTD and was then posted to the 25th Bn.
He was attached to Depot S&T and also the 3rd Bn.
Richard was employed as a Cook Class 2 for his time in the Army.
He was discharged from the Army after the emergency as this was what his contract was for.
The date of discharge was 21/01/1946 having served for 5 years and 141 days.
During this period Richard Hetherington and Paddy Harpur would have crossed paths in the 25th Bn as Paddy ( My other Grandfather) was attached to the 25th as a Medic. A point to note my parents were not born at this stage.

Tommy H

[kellquinn]

Hi Tommy
Just looking at your Grandfather Richards Number, E/433411, my Dads number throughout his service was E/433647 a total of 156 persons between. I do know that my dad served in the 3rd Battalion initially and would definitely have met your Grandfather. My Dad was a very good friend of Paddy Harpur throughout their careers and I am almost certain that they would have met also under the above circumstances. Incidentally my dad also trained Jimmy Power on his NCOs Course somewhere along the line.
Regards
JoeyK

[Matt McNamara]

Hi All

The following pictures were sent to me by Tom Hetherington and are of Richard Hetherington from Mountrath Co Laois.

Richard was killed in WW I while serving with the Royal Irish Fusilers.

8135
Cpl Richard Hetherington
C/Coy 1st Battalion
Royal Irish Fusilers

CWGC Information

Matt

[Patrick Hetherington]

HI Tommy Hetherington,
My name is Patrick Hetherington and i came across your tree and think we might have a connection through William Hetherington circa 1798 . However i am having a problem confirming this . Did the William Hetherington cited above have a son John born circa 1824 ?
The Aghaboe baptisms record do not seem to be complete . Our side of the Hetheringtons go back to Ballacolla through a Timothy Hetherington B 1861 son of John with a brother John . The parish , year of birth , father and next of kin confirmed by Army records and marriage records . But no baptism records for either Timothy or John.
Have you in your research come across any of these people? Any help would be greatly appreciated .

[Claire strong]

That picture of richard hetherington is what we have st home together with the medal that was sent when he was killed.he is my grand uncle.thank you so much for the details.

[John Dalziel]

Hi Claire, Richard is my great uncle too and his brother John my grandfather. That is great you have a medal to remember him by. John