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Jessie ORR (1885 - 1948)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Walter Robert GRIMSHAW (1909 - )	Jessie ORR (1885 - 1948) + Walter Joseph GRIMSHAW (1882 - 1959)	William John ORR (1862 - 1942)	William ORR (1840 - 1906)	William ORR
				Ann JOHNSON
			Phoebe WELLS (1838 - 1915)
		Agnes (Anne) SNADDEN (1860 - 1951)	James SNADDEN (1822 - 1878)	Walter SNADDEN (1791 - 1878)
				Elizabeth (Betty) PATTERSON (1795 - 1862)
			Euphemia PATTERSON (1824 - 1900)	James PATTERSON
				Unknown (PATTERSON)

b. 1885 at Footscray, Victoria, Australia

m. 1908 Walter Joseph GRIMSHAW (1882 - 1959) at Victoria, Australia

d. 1948 at Edon, Victoria, Australia aged 63

Near Relatives of Jessie ORR (1885 - 1948)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	William ORR	abt 1840	Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland	06 Jan 1906	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	66
Grandmother	Phoebe WELLS	abt 1838	Kent, England	27 Aug 1915	Kew, Victoria, Australia	77
Grandfather	James SNADDEN	30 Mar 1822	Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland	01 Jan 1878	Albert St, Footscray, Victoria, Australia	55
Grandmother	Euphemia PATTERSON	21 Aug 1824	Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland	05 Jun 1900	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	75
Father in Law	Walter GRIMSHAW	1851	Manchester, Lancashire, England	1933	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia	82
Mother in Law	Annie STEWART	1856	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia	1923	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia	67
Father	William John ORR	07 Sep 1862	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	1942	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	80
Mother	Agnes (Anne) SNADDEN	19 Sep 1860	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	28 Oct 1951	E Camberwell, Victoria, Australia	91
Self	Jessie ORR	1885	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1948	Edon, Victoria, Australia	63
Husband	Walter Joseph GRIMSHAW	abt 1882		1959	Victoria, Australia	77
Son	Walter Robert GRIMSHAW	1909	Victoria, Australia
Brother	William James ORR	1884	Armidale, NSW, Australia	1954	Elwood, Victoria	70
Sister	Florrie ORR	1887	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1908	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	21
Brother	Robert Wells ORR	1890	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	11 Apr 1917	Bullecourt, France	27
Aunt	Phoebe Ann ORR	14 Jan 1861	Ballarat West, Victoria, Australia	16 Jun 1955	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	94
Uncle	Charles Alexander STEWART	1858	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1924	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	66
Uncle	Samuel ORR	28 May 1864	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	1937	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	73
Aunt	Sarah Jane GUNN	1868	Victoria, Australia	1903	Clifton Hill, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia	35
Aunt	Margaret Jane ORR	1865	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	1952	Nedlands, West Australia	87
Uncle	Arthur George PRIEST	1856		1942	Nedlands, West Australia	86
Uncle	Robert Wells ORR	1867	The Loddon, Castlemain, Victoria, Australia	1868	Casterton, Victoria, Australia	1
Uncle	Edwin ORR	1868	Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Uncle	Robert William ORR	29 Sep 1870	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	23 Dec 1915	Fremantle, WA, Australia	45
Aunt	Ethel Mary SWAIN	1884	Fremantle, WA, Australia	08 Sep 1929	Fremantle, WA, Australia	45
Uncle	Alfred Ernest ORR	1872	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1873	Victoria, Australia	1
Uncle	Walter (Wattie) ORR	1874	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1941	Dundas, Western Australia	67
Uncle	Daniel Edgar ORR	1877	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1949	Gisborne, Victoria, Australia	72
Aunt	Elizabeth May Mary GUTHRIE	1885	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	1974	Victoria, Australia	89
Uncle	Ruben ORR	1879	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	23 Dec 1903	Fremantle, WA, Australia	24
Uncle	Walter SNADDEN	14 Sep 1849	Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland	13 Aug 1928	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	78
Aunt	Margaret Cassie SMITH	1861	Smythesdale, Victoria, Australia	20 Nov 1944	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	83
Uncle	James SNADDEN	abt 1850		bef 1858		8
Aunt	Elizabeth SNADDEN	25 Dec 1853	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	15 Oct 1872	Garvoc, Victoria, Australia	18
Uncle	William DE LA GARD	abt 1839		1902	Annandale, NSW, Australia	63
Aunt	Euphemia SNADDEN	16 May 1855	Keilor, Victoria, Australia	03 Jul 1943	Victoria, Australia	88
Uncle	James SNADDEN	15 Jul 1858	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	16 Jul 1921	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	63
Aunt	Agnes WILSON	abt 1858		1895	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	37
Aunt	Leura Catherine PEDDLE	01 Jan 1880	Richmond, Victoria, Australia	15 May 1960	Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia	80
Aunt	Margaret SNADDEN	15 Mar 1863	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	30 Jan 1938	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	74
Uncle	William Valentine Oliver SNAITH	1860	Ashbourne, Victoria, Australia	13 Jan 1943	577 Barkley St, Footscray, Victoria, Australia	83
Aunt	Mary SNADDEN	22 Jul 1865	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	04 Dec 1952	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	87
Uncle	George Henry SMITH	09 Aug 1867	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	11 Nov 1928	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	61
Cousin	Phoebe Mary STEWART	1884	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1964	Fran?, Vic, Australia	80
Cousin	Alexander Crawford Lindsay STEWART	1886	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1937	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	51
Cousin	Charles William STEWART	1888	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1941	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	53
Cousin	Robert Stanley STEWART	1890	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1962	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	72
Cousin	Alice Maud STEWART	1892	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1947	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	55
Cousin	Florence May STEWART	1894	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1971	Seaford, Victoria, Australia	77
Cousin	Alfred Orwell STEWART	1895	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1982	Chel, Victoria, Australia	87
Cousin	William ORR	1888	Kayandra, Victoria, Australia
Cousin	Phoebe ORR	1890	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1938	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia	48
Cousin	James ORR	1891	Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Cousin	Yeamon ORR	1893	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1895	Richmond, Victoria, Australia	2
Cousin	Eliza ORR	1895	Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Cousin	Frances ORR	1896	Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Cousin	Annie ORR	1898	Richmond, Victoria, Australia	1899	Richmond, Victoria, Australia	1
Cousin	Edward ORR	1900	Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Cousin	Daisy PRIEST
Cousin	Leslie PRIEST
Cousin	William John PRIEST	1887	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1889	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	2
Cousin	Harold Walter PRIEST	1893	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1944	Perth, WA, Australia	51
Cousin	Ruth May PRIEST	1904	Claremont, WA, Australia	1977	Perth, WA, Australia	73
Cousin	Ethel Mary ORR	1908	Fremantle, WA, Australia	1991	Melville, Western Australia, Australia	83
Cousin	Marjorie Marian ORR	28 Nov 1911	East Fremantle, WA, Australia	13 Oct 1987	Midvale, WA, Australia	75
Cousin	Rita Josephine ORR	1913	Fremantle, WA, Australia	1982	Fremantle, WA, Australia	69
Cousin	Robert William ORR	11 Nov 1915	Fremantle, WA, Australia	1966	Sydney, NSW, Australia	51
Cousin	Frances Mavis SAULT	1917	Fremantle, WA, Australia	2008	Western Australia, Australia	91
Cousin	William James ORR	1900	Northcote, Victoria, Australia	1967	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	67
Cousin	Eleanor May SNADDEN	1884	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1973	Surrey Hills, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	89
Cousin	George Patterson SNADDEN	1885	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1966	Croydon, Victoria, Australia	81
Cousin	Jessie Allison SNADDEN	1887	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1974	Kew, Victoria, Australia	87
Cousin	Marguerita (Rita) Grainger SNADDEN	21 Jan 1896	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1959	Victoria, Australia	63
Cousin	Elizabeth Euphemia DE LA GARD	14 Oct 1872	Garvoc, Victoria, Australia	1955	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	83
Cousin	Walter SNADDEN	1880	Victoria, Australia	08 Mar 1917	Rouen, France	37
Cousin	James Wilson SNADDEN	1882	Victoria, Australia	22 Mar 1952	Perth, WA, Australia	70
Cousin	Euphemia Paterson (Dorothy Dorrie) SNADDEN	1884	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1961	Chel, Victoria, Australia	77
Cousin	Robert Paterson SNADDEN	1887	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1946	Seddon, Victoria, Australia	59
Cousin	Harold Lyall SNADDEN	1889	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1976	Park, Victoria, Australia	87
Cousin	Herbert John SNADDEN	22 Mar 1908	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1973	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	65
Cousin	Effie (?Euphemia) Jean SNADDEN	26 Oct 1911	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	18 Jul 1951	Spotswood, Victoria, Australia	39
Cousin	Archibald William SNAITH	1893	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1977	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	84
Cousin	May Eleanor SNAITH	05 May 1895	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1973	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	78
Cousin	Walter Valentine Oliver SNAITH	1897	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1988	Victoria, Australia	91
Cousin	Jno (?Jonothan) SNAITH	1899	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1899	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	0
Cousin	Lillie SNAITH	1899	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1899	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	0
Cousin	Violet Beatrice SNAITH	1901	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1980	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	79
Cousin	William Charles SMITH	25 Mar 1891	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	14 Jun 1977	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	86
Cousin	Ethel Agnes SMITH	03 Aug 1892	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	11 Feb 1984	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	91
Cousin	Harold George SMITH	08 Jan 1894	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	14 May 1915	Gallipoli, Turkey	21
Cousin	Herbert Frank SMITH	14 Jun 1896	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	20 Feb 1963	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	66
Cousin	Roy Snadden SMITH	06 Aug 1898	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	16 Jan 1969	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	70
Cousin	Percy James SMITH	30 Mar 1904	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	22 Oct 1959	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	55
Cousin	Elva Muriel SMITH	06 May 1913	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	2015	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	102
Nephew	Lindsay Faulkner ORR	09 Jun 1913	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	2004	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	91
Niece	Ruby Faulkner ORR	1917	"Alloa", Stirling Street, Footscray, Victoria
Nephew	Robert McKenzie ORR	1923	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1990	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia	67
Brother in Law	George GRIMSHAW
Brother in Law	John GRIMSHAW
Sister in Law	Tom GRIMSHAW
Sister in Law	Rubie Lilian Seraphina SMITH	1883	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	1960	Victoria, Australia	77

Events in Jessie ORR (1885 - 1948)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1885		Jessie ORR was born	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1908	23	Married Walter Joseph GRIMSHAW (aged 26)	Victoria, Australia	Reg No 6156/1908	52
1909	24	Birth of son Walter Robert GRIMSHAW	Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52
1914	29	Residence	56 Nelson Rd, Newport, Victoria	Note 3	37
1942	57	Death of father William John ORR (aged 80)	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	Note 4	52, 60
1942	57	Residence	180 Woodlands St, Essendon, Victoria	Note 5	37
1948	63	Jessie ORR died	Edon, Victoria, Australia	Note 6	52, 60
1948	63	Burial	Fawkner Cemetery, Victoria	Note 7	90
1951	66	Other Event		deceased on mothers death cert

Note 1: Reg No. 25554/1885 - parents William John Orr and Agnes Snadden

Note 2: Walt Robt Grimshaw  in the Victoria, Australia, Birth Index, 1837-1917 Name: Walt Robt Grimshaw Birth Registration Date: 1909 Birth Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Walt Jos Grimshaw Mother Maiden Name: Orr Reference Number: 23851

Note 3: GRIMSHAW Jessie - hd; Walter Joseph - fitter

Note 4: 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 5: GRIMSHAW Alan Orr - clerk, ? son; Jessie - hd; Walter Joseph - manager

Note 6: Reg No 1376/1948 - age 62 - parents William Orr and Agnes Snadden The Argus (Melbourne) 24 Jan 1948 MRS J. GRIMSHAW Mrs Jessie Grimshaw, who died at her home in Woodlands st, North Essendon, on Thursday, was the wife of Mr Walter J. Grimshaw, who recently retired as manager of the North Melbourne railways work- shops. Mrs Grimshaw was the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Orr, and a brother, Mr William James Orr, was a former Mayor of Brighton. She is survived by her husband and three sons.

Note 7: Jessie Grimshaw Birth unknown Death 23 Jan 1948 Burial Fawkner Memorial Park Fawkner, Moreland City, Victoria, Australia Plot Garden Of Remembrance 1, Section 46, Niche 0W

Personal Notes:

Possibly married Walter Jos Grimshaw in1908/6156 Victoria

Source References:

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) 24 Jan 1948 MRS J. GRIMSHAW Mrs Jessie Grimshaw, who died at her home in Woodlands st, North Essendon, on Thursday, was the wife of Mr Walter J. Grimshaw, who recently retired as manager of the North Melbourne railways work- shops. Mrs Grimshaw was the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Orr, and a brother, Mr William James Orr, was a former Mayor of Brighton. She is survived by her husband and three sons.

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

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Jessie Grimshaw Birth unknown Death 23 Jan 1948 Burial Fawkner Memorial Park Fawkner, Moreland City, Victoria, Australia Plot Garden Of Remembrance 1, Section 46, Niche 0W

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