Researching Sam Torr
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The name Sam means "to hear" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Sam Torr on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Sam Torr and the Torr Family Tree
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Torr Family History Databases
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Miscellaneous Torr Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Sam Torr. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Sam Torr
Sam Torr
Samuel Joseph Torr (1849-1923) was an English music hall comedian who performed in a style known as lion comique. He was known for songs including 'To Be There', 'The Same Old Game', and, perhaps most famously of all, 'On the Back of Daddy-O'. In this last song, he would perform dressed in a creatively devised life-size dummy with a wicker work frame, on whose back he appeared to be sitting. A popular entertainer, Torr appeared at all the major music hall venues around Britain including Wilton's Music Hall in London
Source: Sam Torr, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Torr
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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