[Torrens List] Re: Armagh Torrens

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

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<HE1PR0501MB26657648B58228D7F46F3CA5E1E60@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
   Anne Reid <annereid220@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My mother was a Torrens from a branch of the family who settled on Co
> Armagh, near Markethill. The furthest back I have got is a Michael
> Torrens ( the only Michael in the family, Roberts, Johns, Davids,
> Andrews, Alexanders, James etc being common male names).

One thing that strikes me is that some of these names do sound Scottish!

Forenames do get re-used down a group of families - in those days most
peole didn't travel a lot and a local groug would intermarry for
generations. Occasionally a name would get introduced from outside as
someone marries from a different group. Or news of an important outsider
reached the group and someone liked the name.

See
http://www.torrens.org.uk/Genealogy/Torrens/Essays/forename.html
and
http://www.Torrens.org.uk/Genealogy/Torrens/Essays/naming.html

You can't use the naming pattern to predict ancestors names, but it can
give you a good idea of what to look for.

We are all hit by the absence of records much earlier than about 1800.

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             Richard Torrens  - Genealogy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Genealogy site: http://www.Torrens.org.uk/Genealogy/
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