Do anybody knows where this family name is coming from ?
2006-06-25 14:10:41 · 5 answers · asked by nadira456 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
This is the best I could do. Hope this helps.
c.1290, from O.Fr. torche
[Middle English torche, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *torca, alteration of Latin torqua, variant of torqus, torque, from Latin torqure, to twist. See terkw- in Indo-European Roots.]
The TORCH family can trace their ancestors back to the ancient territories of between the 11th and 12th centuries. The TORCH family traces their ancestral roots back to Norman origin, and first appeared in ancient medieval records in Hampshire, (in what is now known as England)
2006-07-09 14:02:44 · answer #1 · answered by Ding-Ding 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Every people have family name and i think when there was a long time ago they have to chose 1 and when they have a baby like this example:
Dad: Bill Gates
Son: John Gates
2006-07-08 12:51:50 · answer #2 · answered by thuong_tran113 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds scottish ,maybe upper english
2006-06-25 14:13:25 · answer #3 · answered by uglyfishwft 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.ancestry.com can give you the origin of your surname
2006-07-09 05:21:54 · answer #4 · answered by tweety 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
knows we dont
2006-07-08 08:42:11 · answer #5 · answered by san_ann68 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋