some variations: TORSELL, TORCELL, TORSALL From the IGI: WILLIAM TORSHELL - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 09 APR 1722 Banbury, Oxford, England WILLIAM TORSHELL - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 08 JUL 1726 Banbury, Oxford, England Rosemary Northumberland UK Email: [email protected] Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rod Wise wrote: > Greetings. > Those people with popular names like Brown, Smith and Green appear to have a difficult time tracing their family, because of the large number of people with the same name. > Conversely those people with unusual names are fewer in number and are, supposedly, easier to trace. That is until one considers the variants. > 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