Hello Rod, I searched Ancestry's database -- no Catherine, but this extract offers the surname variation TORSELL [note year and occupation]: "Name: Torshell William Torsell Vital: 20 Jul 1731 - Oxford: Banbury - Burial Register, 1723-1812, Oxford, England: "Oxford: Banbury - Burial Register, 1723-1812 Volume Three 1723 - 1800 Burials Volume Three 1723 - 1800 Burials 1731 County: Oxford Country: England 20 Jul 1731 Torshell William, baker PCB 53/3/27 (under Torsell " Best wishes, Frances >I have been looking at Torshell names in Banbury and Wardington. >Can anyone help with a few variants on the spelling, please? >Where would they have originated? >I have >Joseph Wise (wid) marrying CatherineTorshell (sp) of Wardington at >Banbury 23 Oct 1757. >I have her siblings baptised in Banbury; children of William, the >father, a baker. >I have nothing from Wardington. >I know nothing of the variants. >I know nothing about their origins. >Anyone able to help, please. >www.members.westnet.com.au/banbury >Rod Wise ------------------------------