[Index]
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)

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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)