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Re: [Torrens List] Torrens family in Garvagh
Linde,
Thank you for looking into this. I have been able to find Margaret,
b. 1874, daughter of Thomas Torrens and Sara Jane Torrens (Torrens was
Sara's maiden name). This connection appears to be correct, because
my grandmother's name, Nan Brown Hall, matches Margaret's sister
(Nancy Brown Torrens) as well as Margaret's grandmother (Nancy
Brown). Margaret came to New York at age 19, and apparently
corresponded with her family through her life.
I am so appreciative of all the work others have done to sort out the
birth, death and marriage records. I'm a true amateur at this but
find both the puzzle-solving and the stories fascinating.
Thank you for your help!
If anyone is interested in this part of the Hall/Torrens family in the
U.S., let me know.
Laurie
On Jul 23, 2010, at 5:55 AM, Lunney Family wrote:
Laurie,
I have a note of a Margaret Torrens, b. 1875 and baptized in
Moneydig Presbyterian church, (near Garvagh) daughter of William
Torrens of Carnroe and his wife Jane Alexander. A Margaret Torrens,
age given as 26, presumably the same person, is in the 1901 census
in the household in 1901 of her grandfather Torrens Alexander of
Mayoghil,, near Garvagh. He was aged 90. I suppose it is possible
that if Margaret had fallen out with her parents, that her
grandfather might have looked after her. I have been in touch with a
Robert Alexander who gave me some details of the complicated
intermarriages of Torrens and Alexanders over the years; if you
think this might be your ancestor, I'll scan or photocopy his letter
for you. I am not clear on all the links, which are very
complicated, but I think the old man Torrens Alexander may have been
married to Sally Ann Brown; if so I am possibly related to her, as
well as distantly to the Torrens of Carnroe family, and also
obviously somehow to Torrens Alexander, whose mother may have been
Torrens. I'm not working much on these families now, so I'm rusty;
someone else on the list may know the story better?
Linde Lunney
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