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Re: [Bann Valley] Re: Torrens/Archibald connections
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- Subject: Re: [Bann Valley] Re: Torrens/Archibald connections
- From: "ROBERT MORRISON" <r.morrison11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 21:55:08 +0100
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Thanks for the link regarding the spelling variations of Torrens. I know
from researching other names that phonetic spelling appears to be the case
particularly in older records. Regarding my involvement with the
Torrens/Torrance name, it was my grandfather Robert Archibald, son of James
Archibald and Elizabeth Torrens, who had my mother baptized as Elizabeth
Torrance Archibald. So he actually changed the spelling. A brother who
moved to Dundee, James Archibald, also had a daughter baptized as Elizabeth
Torrance Archibald.
James Archibald and Elizabeth Torrens married in Greenock and their Marriage
Certificate shows Torrens. Entries recording them in other official records
also show Torrens. So the question remains, why did their sons Robert and
James choose to change the spelling of their mother's name to Torrance in
respect of their children but leave Torrens for Elizabeth Torrens in other
records? Perhaps they were aware that their own parents preferred Torrens.
In fact I am proud to have Torrens ancestors however it is spelled.
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