William ORR (1840

William ORR (1840 - 1906)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Phoebe Ann ORR (1861 - 1955) William John ORR (1862 - 1942) Samuel ORR (1864 - 1937) Margaret Jane ORR (1865 - ) Robert Wells ORR (1867 - 1868) Edwin ORR (1868 - ) Robert William ORR (1870 - 1915) Alfred Ernest ORR (1872 - 1873) Walter ORR (1874 - ) Daniel Edgar ORR (1877 - 1948) Ruben ORR (1879 - 1903)	William ORR (1840 - 1906) + Phoebe WELLS (1838 - 1915)	William ORR



		Ann JOHNSON

b. abt 1840 at Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland

m. 01 Oct 1859 Phoebe WELLS (1838 - 1915) at Richmond, Adelaide, South Australia

d. 06 Jan 1906 at Footscray, Victoria, Australia aged 66

Near Relatives of William ORR (1840 - 1906)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father	William ORR
Mother	Ann JOHNSON

Self	William ORR	abt 1840	Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland	06 Jan 1906	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	66

Wife	Phoebe WELLS	abt 1838	Kent, England	27 Aug 1915	Kew, Victoria, Australia	77

Daughter	Phoebe Ann ORR	14 Jan 1861	Ballarat West, Victoria, Australia	16 Jun 1955	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	94
Son	William John ORR	07 Sep 1862	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	1942	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	80
Son	Samuel ORR	28 May 1864	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	1937	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	73
Daughter	Margaret Jane ORR	1865	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia
Son	Robert Wells ORR	1867	The Loddon, Castlemain, Victoria, Australia	1868	Casterton, Victoria, Australia	1
Son	Edwin ORR	1868	Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Son	Robert William ORR	29 Sep 1870	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	23 Dec 1915	Fremantle, WA, Australia	45
Son	Alfred Ernest ORR	1872	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1873	Victoria, Australia	1
Son	Walter ORR	1874	Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Son	Daniel Edgar ORR	1877	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1948	Gisborne, Victoria, Australia	71
Son	Ruben ORR	1879	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	23 Dec 1903	Fremantle, WA, Australia	24

Son in Law	Charles Alexander STEWART	1858	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1924	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	66
Daughter in Law	Agnes (Anne) SNADDEN	19 Sep 1860	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	28 Oct 1951	E Camberwell, Victoria, Australia	91
Daughter in Law	Sarah Jane GUNN			1903	Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia
Son in Law	Arthur George PRIEST
Daughter in Law	Ethel Mary SWAIN	1884	Fremantle, WA, Australia	08 Sep 1929	Fremantle, WA, Australia	45
Daughter in Law	Mary GUTHRIE

Granddaughter	Phoebe Mary STEWART	1884	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1964	Fran?, Vic, Australia	80
Grandson	Alexander Crawford Lindsay STEWART	1886	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1937	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	51
Grandson	Charles William STEWART	1888	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1941	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	53
Grandson	Robert Stanley STEWART	1890	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1962	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	72
Granddaughter	Alice Maud STEWART	1892	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1947	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	55
Granddaughter	Florence May STEWART	1894	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1971	Seaford, Victoria, Australia	77
Grandson	Alfred Orwell STEWART	1895	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1982	Chel, Victoria, Australia	87
Grandson	William James ORR	1884	Armidale, NSW, Australia	1954	Elwood, Victoria	70
Granddaughter	Jessie ORR	1885	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1948	Edon, Victoria, Australia	63
Granddaughter	Florrie ORR	1887	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1908	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	21
Grandson	Robert Wells ORR	1890	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	11 Apr 1917	Bullecourt, France	27
Granddaughter	Marjorie Marian ORR	28 Nov 1911	East Fremantle, WA, Australia	13 Oct 1987	Midvale, WA, Australia	75
Grandson	Robert William ORR	11 Nov 1915	Fremantle, WA, Australia		Sydney, NSW, Australia
Grandson	William James ORR	abt 1909		1967	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	58

Events in William ORR (1840 - 1906)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
abt 1840		William ORR was born	Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland	Note 1
abt 1858	18	Immigration	Victoria, Australia	Note 2
01 Oct 1859	19	Married Phoebe WELLS (aged 21)	Richmond, Adelaide, South Australia	Note 3
14 Jan 1861	21	Birth of daughter Phoebe Ann ORR	Ballarat West, Victoria, Australia	Note 4	52
07 Sep 1862	22	Birth of son William John ORR	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	Note 5	52
28 May 1864	24	Birth of son Samuel ORR	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	Note 6	52
1865	25	Birth of daughter Margaret Jane ORR	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	Note 7	52
1867	27	Birth of son Robert Wells ORR	The Loddon, Castlemain, Victoria, Australia	Note 8	52
1868	28	Birth of son Edwin ORR	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 9	52
1868	28	Death of son Robert Wells ORR (aged 1)	Casterton, Victoria, Australia	Note 10	52
29 Sep 1870	30	Birth of son Robert William ORR	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 11	52
1872	32	Birth of son Alfred Ernest ORR	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 12	52
1873	33	Death of son Alfred Ernest ORR (aged 1)	Victoria, Australia	Note 13	52, 53
1874	34	Birth of son Walter ORR	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 14	52
1877	37	Birth of son Daniel Edgar ORR	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 15	52
1879	39	Birth of son Ruben ORR	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 16	52
1903	63	Residence	22 Cowper St, Footscray, Victoria	Note 17	37
23 Dec 1903	63	Death of son Ruben ORR (aged 24)	Fremantle, WA, Australia	Note 18	52
04 Jan 1906	66	Residence	22 Cowper St, Footscray, Victoria	Note 19
06 Jan 1906	66	William ORR died	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 20	52
06 Jan 1906	66	Burial	Footscray cemetery, Victoria, Australia	Note 21

Note 1: Ancestry - Wilson Family Tree - Orr descendant

Ancestry trees - Greenock Old or West, Renfrew, Scotland

Note 2: His obit in 1906 stated that he was a colonist of 48 years - see death notes

Note 3: Ancestry - Wilson Family Tree - Orr descendant

Note 4: Reg No 2108/1861 Ballarat - parents William Orr and Phoebe Wells
Ancestry - Wilson Family Tree - Orr descendant - 14 Jan 1861

Note 5: Reg No 18629/1862 - parents William Orr and Phebe Wills

Ancestry - Wilson Family Tree - descendant 7 Sept 1862

Note 6: REg No 12815/1864 - William Orr and Phoebe Wells
Ancestry - Wilson Family Tree - Orr descendant - 28 May 1864

Note 7: Reg No 13161/1865 - William Orr and Phoebe Wells

Note 8: Reg No 13587/1867 - William Orr and Phobe Wells
Ancestry - Wilson Family Tree - Orr descendant

Note 9: Reg No 23343/1868 - William Orr and Phoebe Wells
Ancestry - Wilson Family Tree - Orr descendant

Note 10: Reg No 1116/1868 - age 6/12 - Samuel, Phoebe Wells
Ancestry - Wilson Family Tree - Orr descendant

Note 11: Reg No 23123/1870 - William Orr and Fhoebe Wells
Ancestry - Wilson Family Tree - Orr descendant

Note 12: Reg No 16201/1872 - William Orr and Phoebe Wells

Note 13: Reg No 9697/1873 - age 1 - William and Phoebe Wells
Aust Cemetery Index - A E Orr - age 1 - buried 29 Nov 1893 in Footscray cemetery

Note 14: Reg No 22859/1874 - William Orr and Phoebe Wells
Ancestry - Wilson Family Tree - Orr descendant

Note 15: Reg No 9011/1877 - William Orr and Phoebe Wells
Ancestry - Wilson Family Tree - Orr descendant

Note 16: Reg No 23292/1879 - William Orr and Phoebe Wells
Ancestry - Wilson Family Tree - Orr descendant

Note 17: ORR Phoebe - hd; Samuel - carrier; William - carrier

Note 18: Reg No 1903/892 - Ruben ORR - age 23 - est birth 1880 - William and Phoebe Wells

Ancestry - Wilson Family Tree - Orr descendant 23/12/1903 - At time of death living at 46 Packenham Street, Fremantle - Occupation Cabdriver

Note 19: obituary in Footscray Independent- see death notes

Note 20: 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 21: William ORR - 65 - 6/1/1906
Sarah - 34 - 2/1/1903
C of E - section A

Personal Notes:

from birth reg of son William

Ancestry message:
Hi there,
I see on your family tree you have a William Orr born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, son of William Orr and Ann Johnson.
Another Ancestry user Katew65 was kind enough to send me a copy of the death certificate for William Orr who married Phoebe Wells, which has helped me to be probably as sure as I can be that there is a connection to my own tree.
I've been trying to push my father paternal line back on my family tree with mixed success. My GG Grandfather was a Robert Martin Orr who's father was shown as a William Orr, occupation a tanner/currier/leather worker on Roberts marriage certificates (he married twice).
You may know that lots of Irish records were destroyed as a result of the destruction in Dublin during the 1916 rising. So it's very difficult to push much further back and find out more.
Using the Ulster Historical Foundation records found on www.rootsireland.ie are the following births/baptisims;
In each occasion the father is William Orr and mother is Anne Johnson
Robert Orr (Belfast) Baptised 24/1/1841 - St Annes Church of Ireland, Shankill Parish, Belfast
James Orr (Ballymacarret - this is part of what is now east Belfast) Baptised 27/1/1839 - St Annes Church of Ireland, Shankill Parish, Belfast
Mary Orr (Belfast) Baptised 4/8/1833 - St Annes Church of Ireland, Shankill Parish, Belfast
Mary Ann - (Belfast) Baptised 15/10/1843 - St Annes Church of Ireland, Shankill Parish, Belfast
Samuel Orr (Belfast) Baptised 24/1/1841 - St Annes Church of Ireland, Shankill Parish, Belfast.
I believe the Robert Orr is probably my GG Grandfather, Robert Martin Orr.
So far I can find no marriage record for William and Ann.
The William Orr in your tree (married to Phoebe Wells) seems to fit with the dates of William Orr and Ann Johnson I have found. Also the detail on Australian death certificates which Irish and British ones didn't have such as parents names and fathers profession helps to make the connection.
I'm not sure if you have any other information, stories, yarns about William's roots in Ireland which may help both of us.
I'm also involved with the Orr name project on https://www.familytreedna.com in an effort to try and make more connections
Look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards
Davy Orr
Belfast

Source References:

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

- Reference = (Residence)

- Notes: Date: 1903

Place: 22 Cowper St, Footscray, Victoria

Notes: ORR Phoebe - hd; Samuel - carrier; William - carrier

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

- Reference = (Death)

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