The torgersen Surname
torgersen Name Meaning and History
Norwegian: patronymic from Torger, a form of Old Norse
þorgeirr, from þórr, name of the Norse god of
thunder (see Thor) + geirr ‘spear’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Torgersen/Florida/Pensacola |
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| Torgerson | Nancy Morlock | 3 |
| TURGERSON/TERGERSON/TORGERSON |
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| Lodvar Torgerson and Ragnhild Nielsdatter | Lavone | 1 |
| anne marie or ane marie torjesdatter torjesen torgersen torgesen | gordon ryersen | 0 |
| Passengers on ship Emanuel from Bergen to America 1851 |
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| Ancestors | Christian Torgersen | 5 |
| Carol Torgersen | Warren Redonnet | 0 |
| Lena Talette Torgersen | Mary Lou Tyson | 0 |
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