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William John ORR (1862 - 1942)

currier 1909

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
William James ORR (1884 - 1954) Jessie ORR (1885 - 1948) Florrie ORR (1887 - 1908) Robert Wells ORR (1890 - 1917)	William John ORR (1862 - 1942) + Agnes (Anne) SNADDEN (1860 - 1951)	William ORR (1840 - 1906)	William ORR
			Ann JOHNSON
		Phoebe WELLS (1838 - 1915)

b. 07 Sep 1862 at Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia

m. 11 Apr 1883 Agnes (Anne) SNADDEN (1860 - 1951) at Footscray, Victoria, Australia

d. 1942 at Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia aged 80

Near Relatives of William John ORR (1862 - 1942)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	William ORR
Grandmother	Ann JOHNSON
Father in Law	James SNADDEN	30 Mar 1822	Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland	01 Jan 1878	Albert St, Footscray, Victoria, Australia	55
Mother in Law	Euphemia PATTERSON	21 Aug 1824	Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland	05 Jun 1900	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	75
Father	William ORR	abt 1840	Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland	06 Jan 1906	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	66
Mother	Phoebe WELLS	abt 1838	Kent, England	27 Aug 1915	Kew, Victoria, Australia	77
Self	William John ORR	07 Sep 1862	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	1942	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	80
Wife	Agnes (Anne) SNADDEN	19 Sep 1860	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	28 Oct 1951	E Camberwell, Victoria, Australia	91
Son	William James ORR	1884	Armidale, NSW, Australia	1954	Elwood, Victoria	70
Daughter	Jessie ORR	1885	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1948	Edon, Victoria, Australia	63
Daughter	Florrie ORR	1887	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1908	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	21
Son	Robert Wells ORR	1890	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	11 Apr 1917	Bullecourt, France	27
Sister	Phoebe Ann ORR	14 Jan 1861	Ballarat West, Victoria, Australia	16 Jun 1955	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	94
Brother	Samuel ORR	28 May 1864	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	1937	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	73
Sister	Margaret Jane ORR	1865	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia
Brother	Robert Wells ORR	1867	The Loddon, Castlemain, Victoria, Australia	1868	Casterton, Victoria, Australia	1
Brother	Edwin ORR	1868	Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Brother	Robert William ORR	29 Sep 1870	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	23 Dec 1915	Fremantle, WA, Australia	45
Brother	Alfred Ernest ORR	1872	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1873	Victoria, Australia	1
Brother	Walter ORR	1874	Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Brother	Daniel Edgar ORR	1877	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1948	Gisborne, Victoria, Australia	71
Brother	Ruben ORR	1879	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	23 Dec 1903	Fremantle, WA, Australia	24
Daughter in Law	Rubie Lilian Seraphina SMITH	1883	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	1960	Victoria, Australia	77
Son in Law	Walter Joseph GRIMSHAW
Grandson	Lindsay Faulkner ORR	09 Jun 1913	Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Niece	Phoebe Mary STEWART	1884	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1964	Fran?, Vic, Australia	80
Nephew	Alexander Crawford Lindsay STEWART	1886	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1937	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	51
Nephew	Charles William STEWART	1888	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1941	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	53
Nephew	Robert Stanley STEWART	1890	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1962	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	72
Niece	Alice Maud STEWART	1892	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1947	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	55
Niece	Florence May STEWART	1894	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1971	Seaford, Victoria, Australia	77
Nephew	Alfred Orwell STEWART	1895	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1982	Chel, Victoria, Australia	87
Niece	Marjorie Marian ORR	28 Nov 1911	East Fremantle, WA, Australia	13 Oct 1987	Midvale, WA, Australia	75
Nephew	Robert William ORR	11 Nov 1915	Fremantle, WA, Australia		Sydney, NSW, Australia
Nephew	William James ORR	abt 1909		1967	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	58
Niece	Eleanor May SNADDEN	1884	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1973	Surrey Hills, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	89
Nephew	George Patterson SNADDEN	1885	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1966	Croydon, Victoria, Australia	81
Niece	Jessie Allison SNADDEN	1887	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1974	Kew, Victoria, Australia	87
Niece	Marguerita (Rita) Grainger SNADDEN	21 Jan 1896	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1959	Victoria, Australia	63
Niece	Elizabeth Euphemia DE LA GARD	14 Oct 1872	Garvoc, Victoria, Australia	1955	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	83
Nephew	Walter SNADDEN	1880	Victoria, Australia	08 Mar 1917	Rouen, France	37
Nephew	James Wilson SNADDEN	1882	Victoria, Australia	22 Mar 1952	Perth, WA, Australia	70
Niece	Euphemia Paterson (Dorothy Dorrie) SNADDEN	1884	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1961	Chel, Victoria, Australia	77
Nephew	Robert Paterson SNADDEN	1887	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1946	Seddon, Victoria, Australia	59
Nephew	Harold Lyall SNADDEN	1889	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1976	Park, Victoria, Australia	87
Nephew	Herbert John SNADDEN	22 Mar 1908	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1973	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	65
Niece	Effie (?Euphemia) Jean SNADDEN	26 Oct 1911	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	18 Jul 1951	Spotswood, Victoria, Australia	39
Nephew	Archibald William SNAITH	1893	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1977	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	84
Niece	May Eleanor SNAITH	05 May 1895	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1973	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	78
Nephew	Walter Valentine Oliver SNAITH	1897	Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Nephew	Jno (?Jonothan) SNAITH	1899	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1899	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	0
Niece	Lillie SNAITH	1899	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1899	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	0
Niece	Violet Beatrice SNAITH	1901	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1980	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	79
Nephew	William Charles SMITH	25 Mar 1891	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	14 Jun 1977	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	86
Niece	Ethel Agnes SMITH	03 Aug 1892	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	11 Feb 1984	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	91
Nephew	Harold George SMITH	08 Jan 1894	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	14 May 1915	Gallipoli, Turkey	21
Nephew	Herbert Frank SMITH	14 Jun 1896	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	20 Feb 1963	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	66
Nephew	Roy Snadden SMITH	06 Aug 1898	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	16 Jan 1969	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	70
Nephew	Percy James SMITH	30 Mar 1904	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	22 Oct 1959	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	55
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Brother in Law	Walter SNADDEN	14 Sep 1849	Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland	13 Aug 1928	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	78
Brother in Law	James SNADDEN	abt 1850		bef 1858		8
Sister in Law	Elizabeth SNADDEN	25 Dec 1853	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	15 Oct 1872	Garvoc, Victoria, Australia	18
Sister in Law	Euphemia SNADDEN	16 May 1855	Keilor, Victoria, Australia	03 Jul 1943	Victoria, Australia	88
Brother in Law	James SNADDEN	15 Jul 1858	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	16 Jul 1921	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	63
Sister in Law	Margaret SNADDEN	15 Mar 1863	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	30 Jan 1938	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	74
Sister in Law	Mary SNADDEN	22 Jul 1865	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	04 Dec 1952	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	87
Brother in Law	Charles Alexander STEWART	1858	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1924	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	66
Sister in Law	Sarah Jane GUNN			1903	Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia
Brother in Law	Arthur George PRIEST
Sister in Law	Ethel Mary SWAIN	1884	Fremantle, WA, Australia	08 Sep 1929	Fremantle, WA, Australia	45
Sister in Law	Mary GUTHRIE

Events in William John ORR (1862 - 1942)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
07 Sep 1862		William John ORR was born	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
11 Apr 1883	20	Married Agnes (Anne) SNADDEN (aged 22)	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 2	22, 60
1884	22	Birth of son William James ORR	Armidale, NSW, Australia	Note 3	52
1885	23	Birth of daughter Jessie ORR	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 4	52
1887	25	Birth of daughter Florrie ORR	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 5	52
1890	28	Birth of son Robert Wells ORR	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 6	52
06 Jan 1906	43	Death of father William ORR (aged 66)	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 7	52
1908	46	Death of daughter Florrie ORR (aged 21)	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 8	52
1909	47	Residence	109 Albert St, Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 9	37
1914	52	Residence	109 Albert St, Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 10	37
27 Aug 1915	52	Death of mother Phoebe WELLS (aged 77)	Kew, Victoria, Australia	Note 11	52
11 Apr 1917	54	Death of son Robert Wells ORR (aged 27)	Bullecourt, France	Note 12	60
1919	57	Residence	29 Charles St, Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 13	37
1924	62	Residence	27 Charles St, Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 14	37
1931	69	Residence	27 Charles St, Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 15	37
1933	71	Other Event	'Alloa', Charles st, Seddon, Victoria	Note 16	60
1936	74	Residence	27 Charles St, Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 17	37
1942	80	William John ORR died	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	Note 18	52, 60
27 May 1942	79	Burial	Footscray cemetery, Victoria, Australia	Note 19

Note 1: Reg No 18629/1862 - parents William Orr and Phebe Wills Ancestry - Wilson Family Tree - descendant 7 Sept 1862

Note 2: Registration No 2696/1883 The Argus 11 April 1933 GOLDEN WEDDING. ORR-SNADDEN. —On the 11th April 1883, by the Rev. James Gibb, at Footscray, Victoria, William J., son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. Orr, to Agnes, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Snadden. (Present address, Alloa, Charles street,Seddon.)

Note 3: Reg No 1884/28540 - William John Orr and Agnes age 67 on mothers death cert in 1951

Note 4: Reg No. 25554/1885 - parents William John Orr and Agnes Snadden

Note 5: Reg No. 28495/1887 - parents William John Orr and Agnes Snadden (FLERRIE ORR)

Note 6: Reg No 3638/1890 - Wm Jno Orr and Agnes Snadden

Note 7: Reg No 1544/1906 - age 65 - parents William Orr and Ann Johnson Ancestry - Wilson Family Tree - Orr descendant - 22 Cowper St, Footscray - cause of death, heart disease/exhaustion Independent (Footscray) 13 January 1906 OBITUARY MR WILLIAM ORR It is with regret that we have to announce the death of Mr William Orr, which took place on Thursday, 4th January, at his residence, 22 Cowper-street, Footscray. The deceased, who leaves a wife and grown up family, was a colonist of 48 years, being with Michaelis, Hallenstein and Co for 38 years, for 28 of which he acted as foreman. The interment took place on Saturday in the Footscray cemetery. The officers and members of the U.A.O.D., of which the deceased was a member, and the employees of Michaelis, Hallenstein and Co marched in front of the hearse. The service at the grave was read by the Rev J. H. Goble. The coffin bearers were J. Case. J. Walsh, J. Phelan and A. McPhail. Pall-bearers, G. Bell, W. Snadden, J. Snadden, W. English, H. Cooke, Com. J. Stewart, C. Whitehead and W.Dewsnap. The principal amongst a large number of wreaths were from Michaelis, Hallenstein and Co and his fellow employees. The funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr W. J. Cameron. Find A Grave William Orr Birth 1841 Belfast (Down), County Down, Northern Ireland Death 6 Jan 1906 (aged 64–65) Footscray, Maribyrnong City, Victoria, Australia Burial Footscray General Cemetery Footscray, Maribyrnong City, Victoria, Australia Plot CE-A-120A Memorial ID 192502842 ·

Note 8: Reg No. 1908/5926 - parents Wm Jno Orr and Agnes Snadden

Note 9: Agnes - hd; William James - commercial traveller; William John - currier

Note 10: ORR William John - currier; Robert Pells - cashier; Agnes - hd

Note 11: Reg No 9691/1915 - no parents stated Ancestry - Wilson Family Tree - Orr descendant Ancestry trees - died - hospital for the insane, Kew Find A Grave Phoebe Wells Orr Birth 1838 Kent, England Death 27 Aug 1915 (aged 76–77) Kew, Boroondara City, Victoria, Australia Burial Footscray General Cemetery Footscray, Maribyrnong City, Victoria, Australia Plot CE-A-120A Memorial ID 192502758

Note 12: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France Ancestry - Wilson Family Tree - Orr descendant Independent (Footscray) 28 April 1917 DEATHS Orr.--Killed in action in France on 11th April, 1917, CAPTAIN ROBERT WELLS ORR, Officer Commanding D Company 14th Bat. talion A.I.F., aged 27 years, dearly beloved second son of Mr and Mrs W. I. Orr, 109 Albert-st., Footscray; beloved brother of W. J. Orr, of Stirling st . Footscray ; Mrs W. I. Grimshaw, late Victoria st, North Williamstown ; and the late Florrie Orr.

Note 13: Agnes - hd; William John - currier

Note 14: Agnes - hd; William John - currier

Note 15: Agnes - hd; William John - currier

Note 16: The Argus 11 April 1933 GOLDEN WEDDING. ORR-SNADDEN. —On the 11th April 1883, by the Rev. James Gibb, at Footscray, Victoria, William J., son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. Orr, to Agnes, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Snadden. (Present address, Alloa, Charles street,Seddon.)

Note 17: Agnes - hd; William John - currier

Note 18: The Argus (Melbourne) 28 May 1942 DEATHS ORR.-On May 26, William John Orr, of 27 Charles street Seddon, the dearly beloved husband of Agnes and loving father of William James (Brighton) Jessie (Mrs W J Grimshaw, Essendon), Robert Wells (late captain 14th Batt 1st AIF) and Florrie. Aged 80 - sweet rest. Privately interred Footscray cemetery May 27. Find A Grave William John Orr Birth unknown Death 27 May 1942 Burial Footscray General Cemetery Footscray, Maribyrnong City, Victoria, Australia Plot Presbyterian C, Grave 310 Memorial ID 207907245 · View Source

Note 19: Florrie ORR - 20 - 18/6/1908 William ORR 80 - 27/5/1942 Agnes ORR 91 - 30/10/1951 In same grave - Presbyterian section C

Source References:

22. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Victoria bdm index, Title: Victorian bdm

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37. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Australian electoral rolls, Title: Australian Electoral Rolls, Auth: Australian government

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52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

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60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

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- Notes: The Argus (Melbourne) 28 May 1942 DEATHS ORR.-On May 26, William John Orr, of 27 Charles street Seddon, the dearly beloved husband of Agnes and loving father of William James (Brighton) Jessie (Mrs W J Grimshaw, Essendon), Robert Wells (late captain 14th Batt 1st AIF) and Florrie. Aged 80 - sweet rest. Privately interred Footscray cemetery May 27.

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- Notes: The Argus 11 April 1933 GOLDEN WEDDING. ORR-SNADDEN. —On the 11th April 1883, by the Rev. James Gibb, at Footscray, Victoria, William J., son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. Orr, to Agnes, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Snadden. (Present address, Alloa, Charles street,Seddon.)

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- Notes: The Argus 11 April 1933 GOLDEN WEDDING. ORR-SNADDEN. —On the 11th April 1883, by the Rev. James Gibb, at Footscray, Victoria, William J., son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. Orr, to Agnes, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Snadden. (Present address, Alloa, Charles street,Seddon.)

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