Saturday, 21 September 2013

Welcome, purpose, logo and statistics


Welcome to hetheringtonbc.blogspot.ca

Purpose: hetheringtonbc is dedicated to archiving everything Hetherington with a particular focus on the McClean Hetherington and other British Columbia families.

Logo (graphic design: Quinn McCallum):The hetheringtonbc logo is made up of five regional identifiers. The source area symbols are arranged to represent the geographic location of one of four major family branch sources. The Black Lion in the south east (lower right) represents the English branch; the white bar on blue background in the north east (upper right), the Scottish branch; the harp in the south west (lower left) the Leinster/Irish branch; and the Red Hand in the north west (upper left) the Ulster branch. The Dogwood in center represents British Columbia branch. The encircling Dogwoods represent the unity of all Hetherington families in BC.

The four quadrant circular design is reminiscent of the compass rose and represents the name's spread to the four corners of the world. 
The motto "do you duty" is the the personal motto of Robert John McClean Hetherington, The first McClean Hetherington to settle in British Columbia.  He and his family arrived in 1935.

Statistics:
1901Census Number of Hetheringtons
Canada: 511; BC:10 (4 women and 3 children under 18); MB: 62; NB: 83; NS: 9;On: 261; Qu: 71; and TT: 15.

1911 BC Census: 33 (0.000008%)(14 women and 10 children under 18); Vancouver: 10; New Westminster: 9; Victoria: 6; Comox-Atlin: 4; Kootenay: 2; and Yale-Cariboo: 2.

1852 Census: Ontario (Canada West): 55; New Burnswick: 14; and Quebec (Canada East): 8

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