de Torville, Torf

920 - 1002  (81 years)

• Name	de Torville, Torf  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	Sep 920	Eure, Haute-Normandie, France   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Appointments / Titles	Torville, Loiret, Centre, France
  	Count
  FSID	LBKM-2H9  [1, 3]
  Death	7 Jan 1002	Plouigneau, Finistère, Bretagne, France   [1, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I34587	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family	Bricquebec, Ertemberge,   b. 930, Bricquebec, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France d. 1003, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France (Age 73 years)
  Children	1. de Harcourt, Turquetil,   b. 951, Turqueville, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France d. 1036, Harcourt, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France (Age 85 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F13674	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Sep 920 - Eure, Haute-Normandie, France Appointments / Titles - Count - - Torville, Loiret, Centre, France Death - 7 Jan 1002 - Plouigneau, Finistère, Bretagne, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  PARENTS ARE UNKNOWN!!! "according to this web page The name of Torf's wife is not known. Torf and his wife had one child: Thorold de Pont-Audemer" http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/normacre.htm#_Toc66516078 In addition https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/9538/95389798.23.pdf is incorrect the reference point is disputed: Bernard, a near kinsman to Rollo, the first Duke of Normandy. Archdairs Peerage. Rollo, previously to his decease, named him governor to his son Duke William. In the year 912, he married Sphreta de Burgundia, by whom he had a son There is no evidence on page be Memories of the House of Hamilton. You will notice on the same page a word is crossed out and replaced. This is the reference point that has spread on the internet in various sources as stated fact, when it hold no ground. Remembering there was another candidate for his father a Le Riche that was mentioned as his father, this is also speculation leading to the Le Riche being attached to his name without credential. III is also problematic states and deletes a union. the daughter was replaced by sister in the amended reading see the crossed out line, leading to family trees viewing this as the source of her parentage when clearly is her brother. Torf Seigmeur de Torville was 'a great Norman feudal baron, born about A. D. 920, is the earliest historical pro genitor of the Newburgh or Newberry family from whom a certain and unbroken male line has been traced. Probably he was a grandson of one of the viking chiefs of Scandinavia who accompanied Rollo about 900 A. D. in the Norse invasion of northern France where they permanently settled and gave to the country its name “Normandy”. Torf possessed numerous lordships in Normandy, being Seigneur de Torville, Torcy, Torny, Torly, du Ponteautorf,etc' References J Gardner Bartlett (1914). Newberry genealogy; the ancestors and descendants of Thomas Newberry, of Dorchester, Mass., 1634. 920-1914. Boston, Mass., Pub. By The Author For J.S. Newberry. --‐‐‐‐-------‐----------------- TORF, son of ---. m ---.  The name of Torf's wife is not known. Torf & his wife had one child: fmg.ac. (n.d.). NORMANDY - AUMÂLE, ROUEN, EU. [online] Available at: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/normacre.htm#_Toc66516078

  
  

• Sources

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