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Europe / Re: Norwegian ancestry - who would have thought it!
« on: Tuesday 23 November 21 16:41 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Yazz, Anike,
If you want to friend me on Facebook, I'm Tom Torrison. I believe the only one, so should be easy.
 :)

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Europe / Re: Norwegian ancestry - who would have thought it!
« on: Friday 12 May 17 07:04 BST (UK)  »
Thank you all for providing the info on Johns parents etc. I've been trying to find out where John and Barbara came from as I would also like to visit there one day!!!  I don't think you can be more a viking if you come from an island in a fjord  ;D

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Europe / Re: Norwegian ancestry - who would have thought it!
« on: Wednesday 10 May 17 23:16 BST (UK)  »
I can't work out how to look up a tree on ancestry as new to it !I have a log in but do not subscribe.

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Europe / Re: Norwegian ancestry - who would have thought it!
« on: Wednesday 10 May 17 23:03 BST (UK)  »
Wow, this is all great stuff !! I've not been able to find out any further details as to where John and Barbara came from. It's the one thing I would really like to find out. They had two elder daughters before Barbara and Thomas and moved south of the river between the births of Barbara and Thomas. It seems the girls where christened in the east end and then recristened in Rotherhithe later as was Thomas. The area of Rotherhithe they lived in was the Scandinavian quarter of London around St Olaves Church. Many of the roads in that area have Scandinavian names.
Coincidentally,  my grandparents moved to the north east for a time and my dad spent a few years as a child in Spennymoor. My great uncle moved there too and stayed but he and his wife had no descendants.
I only have a written family tree I'm afraid. I'll have a look on what you have on Ancestry

Pi (Tom)

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Europe / Re: Norwegian ancestry - who would have thought it!
« on: Wednesday 10 May 17 21:57 BST (UK)  »
Hi All,

Here is my simplified line to my paternal grandfather:

1) John and Barbara as above - they lived in St Cathrine Street , now part of St katherine's dock by Tower Bridge

2) Thomas Torrison b1813 (Rotherhithe)m. Rebekah Armstead b 1827

3) Thomas George Torrison (Rotherhithe)b 1847 m Elizabeth Lewis b 1852

4) Thomas Lewis Torrison (Ansty Street, Rotherhithe) b 1877 m Florence Mary Jones b 1880 (Portsmouth)

5) Charles Henry Torrison b 1912 (Charlton) m Dorothy Amelia Wren (Deptford) b 1911

Interestingly my grandfather Charlie was known to us a Farvie which is not too dissimilar to the Norwegian for a paternal grandfather which is Farfar.

Yazz's is:

1 John and Barbara as above

2 Thomas and Rebekah as above

3) John Torrison b 1851 m Ester/Esther White b 1852?

4) Thomas Charles Torrison b 1886 m Florence Milsom b 1887

5) Nellie M Torrison b 1914


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Europe / Re: Norwegian ancestry - who would have thought it!
« on: Wednesday 03 May 17 23:08 BST (UK)  »
Hans and Barbara are also 4 times great grandparents to me!!

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Europe / Re: Norwegian ancestry - who would have thought it!
« on: Wednesday 03 May 17 21:19 BST (UK)  »
That's fantastic. I am a direct descendant, one of the few Torrison's in the country ( I believe we are the only family with the name) and my family have always lived in the East London and Greenwich area since John and Barbara arrived. I would love to find out which area of Norway they came from.

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Europe / Re: Norwegian ancestry - who would have thought it!
« on: Wednesday 03 May 17 20:10 BST (UK)  »
Hi Greensleeves,I'm still contactable

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Europe / Re: Norwegian ancestry - who would have thought it!
« on: Tuesday 06 August 13 20:42 BST (UK)  »
Hi Greensleeves, I am a direct descendant of John and Barbara (4x great grandson) through his son Thomas born c1813. I know John was a Greenwich pensioner and died on 20th August 1849. I have a copy of his death certificate. I have quite an extensive Torrison family tree that starts from Thomas that was sent to me by a relative. This is as far as it goes back. My great grandfather Thomas Lewis Torrison always maintained his grandfather (John) had emigrated from Norway. I have been trying to find out the details and proof of this. Your findings are the closest to proof I have so far.

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