[Torrens List] Re: Name variation with spelling "Torrents"

["Richard Torrens (Genealogy)" <Genealogy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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<CAKKKkPncMN-kbDemLx75msh7JKWsaQMLCYNgA322Nfhzg_pGEg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
   Tamra Torrents <tamra.torrents@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello All, 

> Not sure how this works, but I am wondering if anyone has any
> information on the spelling Torrents.  Has anyone seen this variation? 
> My dad is having a difficult time tracing the family name because of
> this.  Not sure if anyone knows or if you can provide any direction.

For anyone who has missed it, my own essay on the origins is at
http://www.Torrens.org.uk/Genealogy/Torrens/Essays/origins.html

There appear to be several sources of the name: one, the commonest, is the
Scots/Irish one. But there is also the Spanish/Basque one. And there are
early Irish names which are similar.

Professor Thomas F Torrance of Edinburgh years ago researched the Scottish
references for early mentions. He found a lot. But they are disconnected,
and impossible to connect since there are too many gaps. So in 16th cent.
there were (if I recall) about 7 Torrenses around Hamilton. We cannot
connect these - let alone tell how they connect to the lines we have
connected.

Prof Torrens gave my father a copy of his notes, which I have. I could
transcribe it if there is sufficient interest, but it is significant work
- and as I said, the records do not connect.

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