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Phoebe WELLS (1838 - 1915)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Phoebe Ann ORR (1861 - 1955) William John ORR (1862 - 1942) Samuel ORR (1864 - 1937) Margaret Jane ORR (1865 - 1952) Robert Wells ORR (1867 - 1868) Edwin ORR (1868 - ) Robert William ORR (1870 - 1915) Alfred Ernest ORR (1872 - 1873) Walter (Wattie) ORR (1874 - 1941) Daniel Edgar ORR (1877 - 1949) Ruben ORR (1879 - 1903)	Phoebe WELLS (1838 - 1915) + William ORR (1840 - 1906)

b. abt 1838 at Kent, England

m. 01 Oct 1859 William ORR (1840 - 1906) at Richmond, Adelaide, South Australia

d. 27 Aug 1915 at Kew, Victoria, Australia aged 77

Near Relatives of Phoebe WELLS (1838 - 1915)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	William ORR
Mother in Law	Ann JOHNSON
Self	Phoebe WELLS	abt 1838	Kent, England	27 Aug 1915	Kew, Victoria, Australia	77
Husband	William ORR	abt 1840	Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland	06 Jan 1906	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	66
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	1952	Nedlands, West Australia	87
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 (Wattie) ORR	1874	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1941	Dundas, Western Australia	67
Son	Daniel Edgar ORR	1877	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1949	Gisborne, Victoria, Australia	72
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	1868	Victoria, Australia	1903	Clifton Hill, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia	35
Son in Law	Arthur George PRIEST	1856		1942	Nedlands, West Australia	86
Daughter in Law	Ethel Mary SWAIN	1884	Fremantle, WA, Australia	08 Sep 1929	Fremantle, WA, Australia	45
Daughter in Law	Elizabeth May Mary GUTHRIE	1885	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	1974	Victoria, Australia	89
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
Grandson	William ORR	1888	Kayandra, Victoria, Australia
Granddaughter	Phoebe ORR	1890	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1938	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia	48
Grandson	James ORR	1891	Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Grandson	Yeamon ORR	1893	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1895	Richmond, Victoria, Australia	2
Granddaughter	Eliza ORR	1895	Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Granddaughter	Frances ORR	1896	Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Granddaughter	Annie ORR	1898	Richmond, Victoria, Australia	1899	Richmond, Victoria, Australia	1
Grandson	Edward ORR	1900	Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Granddaughter	Daisy PRIEST
Grandson	Leslie PRIEST
Grandson	William John PRIEST	1887	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1889	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	2
Grandson	Harold Walter PRIEST	1893	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1944	Perth, WA, Australia	51
Granddaughter	Ruth May PRIEST	1904	Claremont, WA, Australia	1977	Perth, WA, Australia	73
Granddaughter	Ethel Mary ORR	1908	Fremantle, WA, Australia	1991	Melville, Western Australia, Australia	83
Granddaughter	Marjorie Marian ORR	28 Nov 1911	East Fremantle, WA, Australia	13 Oct 1987	Midvale, WA, Australia	75
Granddaughter	Rita Josephine ORR	1913	Fremantle, WA, Australia	1982	Fremantle, WA, Australia	69
Grandson	Robert William ORR	11 Nov 1915	Fremantle, WA, Australia	1966	Sydney, NSW, Australia	51
Grandson	William James ORR	1900	Northcote, Victoria, Australia	1967	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	67

Events in Phoebe WELLS (1838 - 1915)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
abt 1838		Phoebe WELLS was born	Kent, England	Note 1
10 Oct 1849	11	Immigration	South Australia, Australia	Note 2
01 Oct 1859	21	Married William ORR (aged 19)	Richmond, Adelaide, South Australia	Note 3
14 Jan 1861	23	Birth of daughter Phoebe Ann ORR	Ballarat West, Victoria, Australia	Note 4	52
07 Sep 1862	24	Birth of son William John ORR	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	Note 5	52
28 May 1864	26	Birth of son Samuel ORR	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	Note 6	52
1865	27	Birth of daughter Margaret Jane ORR	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	Note 7	52
1867	29	Birth of son Robert Wells ORR	The Loddon, Castlemain, Victoria, Australia	Note 8	52
1868	30	Birth of son Edwin ORR	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 9	52
1868	30	Death of son Robert Wells ORR (aged 1)	Casterton, Victoria, Australia	Note 10	52
29 Sep 1870	32	Birth of son Robert William ORR	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 11	52
1872	34	Birth of son Alfred Ernest ORR	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 12	52
1873	35	Death of son Alfred Ernest ORR (aged 1)	Victoria, Australia	Note 13	52, 53
1874	36	Birth of son Walter (Wattie) ORR	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 14	52
1877	39	Birth of son Daniel Edgar ORR	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 15	52
1879	41	Birth of son Ruben ORR	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 16	52
1903	65	Residence	22 Cowper St, Footscray, Victoria	Note 17	37
23 Dec 1903	65	Death of son Ruben ORR (aged 24)	Fremantle, WA, Australia	Note 18	52, 60
06 Jan 1906	68	Death of husband William ORR (aged 66)	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 19	52, 90
1914	76	Residence	28 Cowper St, Footscray	ORR phoebe - hd	37
1915	77	Burial	Footscray cemetery, Victoria, Australia	Note 20	90
27 Aug 1915	77	Phoebe WELLS died	Kew, Victoria, Australia	Note 21	52, 90

Note 1: Ancestry - Wilson Family Tree - Orr descendant - 1841 census

Note 2: "Cheapside" ship via London, left 23 June 1849

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 West Australian (Perth) 23 Feb 1903 FUNERAL NOTICE. ORR.-The friends of the late Mr. Reuben Orr are respectfully invited to follow his remains to the place of interment, the Church of England por- tion of the New Cemetery, Fremantle. The Fu- neral is appointed to leave Mr. A. E. Davies's Undertaking Establishment, Market-street, Fre- mantle, at 3 o'clock THIS (Monday) AFTER- NOON. ARTHUR E. DAVIES, Undertaker, Market-street, Fremantle.

Note 19: 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 20: 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 21: Reg No 9691/1915 - no parents stated Ancestry - Wilson Family Tree - Orr descendant Ancestry trees - died - hospital for the insane, Kew

Personal Notes:

from birth reg of son William

Source References:

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

- Reference = (Residence)

- 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)

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: 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

- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192502758/phoebe-orr (Death)

- Notes: 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

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