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  • August Johannes Torma (1895 - 1971)
    August Johannes Torma VR I/3 (kuni 1940 August Johannes Schmidt, 19. veebruar 1895 Voltveti vald – 12. märts 1971 London) oli Eesti diplomaat.* Ristiisa; Postijaama ülem August Vormeyer Ristiema; Wilhe...
  • Torma (c.1770 - d.)
  • Torma (c.1710 - d.)
  • Aapo Heikinpoika Keränen Törmä (1812 - d.)
    Lähteet==* Rantsilan seurakunnan arkisto - Syntyneiden ja kastettujen luettelot 1790-1823 (IC:3), jakso 112, sivu 222-223: Lokakuu; Kansallisarkisto: / Viitattu 5.9.2021* Rantsilan seurakunnan arkisto ...

About the Torma surname

The group of Chuds and families called Torma may descend from one of the sons of Harold Haarfager to a Same woman called Guttorm .

His name may be a composure of Gud and Torem in German and Ugrian languages respectively , of which the latter might have been the original dialect of some Lapponian tribes ,both meaning Good or God . Although Torem may also be a composure of Tuw-Orem menaing Beyond-Time or Beyond-Sky .

Torem-Maa therefore is God-Land adn might have referred through migrations also to later Gud(as) what is now called Belarus in the language locally in use .

Guttorm though might have been much earlier in use in Scandinavia and might be a sign of earlier mixture of Ugrians and Germans .

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