This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Etherington Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZUV.2ACIB/12.25.27.37.40.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Ruth, I think there may be a connection but I am not sure how it works. Here is how my direct line works: compare and see. My grandfather was Alfred Cecil Etherington; his father was Thomas Hutchinson Etherington (1867-1950); his father was James Hutchinson Etherington (1835-1925); his father was Thomas Etherington (b. 1814); his father was James Etherington (b. 1788); his father was Thomas Etherington (1742-1820). These Etheringtons came from Barnard Castle, Durham, England. Thomas Hutchinson (1867-1950) and James Hutchinson (1835-1925) both died in Ontario. They were in Ontario and in Pennsylvania and crossed the border several times. They operated the Empire Carpet factory in St. Catharines, Ontario until it burned down in 1903; then the family went into fruit farming and cattle ranching and some of the sons moved to Alberta.