Torrente Surname History

Origins Available:
Scotland
Ireland

Early Origins of the Torrente family

The surname Torrente was first found in Stirlingshire. The name is a habitation name from either East Kilbride or north of Glasgow where it is derived from the Gaelic word "torran" which means "hillock" or "mound" or "little hills." 1

"John Torrance is recorded in Nethir Cloychtquharne in 1555, and John Torrance was a tenant of Newbattle Abbey in 1563. The name also occurs in Edinburgh in 1561 as Torrens. David Torrance (1840-1906), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, U. S., was born in Edinburgh." 2

Early History of the Torrente family

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Torrente Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Torrance, Torrens, Torrence and others.

Early Notables of the Torrente family

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Migration of the Torrente family to Ireland

Some of the Torrente family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Torrente migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Torrente Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Jeronimo Torrente, aged 19, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1831 3
Antonio Torrente, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1860 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Torrente (post 1700) +

Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910-1999), Spanish Galician writer, awarded the Cervantes Prize in 1985

Citations +

Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)