Thor Family Tree research resources
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2 people with the Thor surname? In that year Thor was ranked number 3577 for popularity in the UK. |
Thor records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"THOR. From the Old Norse personal name ThMr from Th6rr, the name of the god of thunder. Sometime before 1105 King Eadgar bestowed upon Thor longus, 'the long,' the land of /1-xl i'ii ham (now Ednam), 'unsettled' ( (desertam), who by his own money cultivated and settled it, built a church and gave it and a ploughgate of land to the monks of St. Cuthbert for the weal of the souls of the king's father, his mother, and brothers and sisters, and for the redemption of his own beloved brother Leswin, and for the weal of his own soul and body (Nat. MSS., i, 14). Thor's expression "by his own money' (men propria pecunia) is perhaps 'the first record of the application of capital to land in Scotland.' Thor filius Swan or Suein, ancestor of the old family of Ruthven, appears between 1130-50, as charter witness and as donor of the church of Treuement (Tranent) to the Abbey of Holyrood (RD., p. 12; LSC., p. 11; REG., p. 13). Thor de Trauement, charter witness and vicecomes, appears about the same time (LSC., p. 8, 9; Kelso, 375; RD., p. 11). Thor1 the archdeacon was a charter witness, c. 1150 (LSC., p. 11). Under the name Horo the death of the archdeacon is recorded in 1163 (Chron. Holyrood). Willelmus filius Thore witnessed the gift by William de Haya of the land of Ederpoles to the monks of Cupar in the reign of William the Lion (SCM., n, p. 304). Alexander filius Thore was "witness to several royal charters for a short time before 1200. Nothing more seems to be known of him" (Inchaffray, p. 18, 269). Stephen filius Thor' witnessed a document concerning the land of Cnoc in Renfrew, 1234 (RMP., p. 180), and in 1273 Stephen filius Ricardi Thor witnessed grants of land by Malcolm, earl of Lennox to the Abbey of Paisley (Leoenax, p. 15, 16). Adam Thore, burgess of Edinburgh, 1380 (Laing, 67), may be Ade Thor who held land there in 1400 (Egidil, p. 37). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Thor Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Thor Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Thor family tree.
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Look at the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Thor family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records of the Thor family.
Research the Thor surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Thor Military records.
Thor Genealogy Databases
Investigate WikiTree for user contributed Thor family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Thor data can be verified or corrected by other users.
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Thor surname in the USA? Thor is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Thor Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on the Thor family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Use the Surname Map project to look at the current distribution of the Thor surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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