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Margaret Jane ORR (1865 - 1952)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Daisy PRIEST Leslie PRIEST William John PRIEST (1887 - 1889) Harold Walter PRIEST (1893 - 1944) Ruth May PRIEST (1904 - 1977)	Margaret Jane ORR (1865 - 1952) + Arthur George PRIEST (1856 - 1942)	William ORR (1840 - 1906)	William ORR
			Ann JOHNSON
		Phoebe WELLS (1838 - 1915)

b. 1865 at Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia

m. 1886 Arthur George PRIEST (1856 - 1942) at Victoria, Australia

d. 1952 at Nedlands, West Australia aged 87

Near Relatives of Margaret Jane ORR (1865 - 1952)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	William ORR
Grandmother	Ann JOHNSON
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	Margaret Jane ORR	1865	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	1952	Nedlands, West Australia	87
Husband	Arthur George PRIEST	1856		1942	Nedlands, West Australia	86
Daughter	Daisy PRIEST
Son	Leslie PRIEST
Son	William John PRIEST	1887	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1889	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	2
Son	Harold Walter PRIEST	1893	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1944	Perth, WA, Australia	51
Daughter	Ruth May PRIEST	1904	Claremont, WA, Australia	1977	Perth, WA, Australia	73
Sister	Phoebe Ann ORR	14 Jan 1861	Ballarat West, Victoria, Australia	16 Jun 1955	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	94
Brother	William John ORR	07 Sep 1862	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	1942	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	80
Brother	Samuel ORR	28 May 1864	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	1937	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	73
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 (Wattie) ORR	1874	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1941	Dundas, Western Australia	67
Brother	Daniel Edgar ORR	1877	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1949	Gisborne, Victoria, Australia	72
Brother	Ruben ORR	1879	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	23 Dec 1903	Fremantle, WA, Australia	24
Son in Law	J. L. BOATWRIGHT
Daughter in Law	Jean (Jane) O'Reilly	1893		1964	Perth, WA, Australia	71
Son in Law	S. SMYTH
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
Nephew	William James ORR	1884	Armidale, NSW, Australia	1954	Elwood, Victoria	70
Niece	Jessie ORR	1885	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1948	Edon, Victoria, Australia	63
Niece	Florrie ORR	1887	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1908	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	21
Nephew	Robert Wells ORR	1890	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	11 Apr 1917	Bullecourt, France	27
Nephew	William ORR	1888	Kayandra, Victoria, Australia
Niece	Phoebe ORR	1890	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1938	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia	48
Nephew	James ORR	1891	Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Nephew	Yeamon ORR	1893	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1895	Richmond, Victoria, Australia	2
Niece	Eliza ORR	1895	Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Niece	Frances ORR	1896	Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Niece	Annie ORR	1898	Richmond, Victoria, Australia	1899	Richmond, Victoria, Australia	1
Nephew	Edward ORR	1900	Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Niece	Ethel Mary ORR	1908	Fremantle, WA, Australia	1991	Melville, Western Australia, Australia	83
Niece	Marjorie Marian ORR	28 Nov 1911	East Fremantle, WA, Australia	13 Oct 1987	Midvale, WA, Australia	75
Niece	Rita Josephine ORR	1913	Fremantle, WA, Australia	1982	Fremantle, WA, Australia	69
Nephew	Robert William ORR	11 Nov 1915	Fremantle, WA, Australia	1966	Sydney, NSW, Australia	51
Nephew	William James ORR	1900	Northcote, Victoria, Australia	1967	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	67
Brother in Law	Charles Alexander STEWART	1858	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1924	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	66
Sister in Law	Agnes (Anne) SNADDEN	19 Sep 1860	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	28 Oct 1951	E Camberwell, Victoria, Australia	91
Sister in Law	Sarah Jane GUNN	1868	Victoria, Australia	1903	Clifton Hill, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia	35
Sister in Law	Ethel Mary SWAIN	1884	Fremantle, WA, Australia	08 Sep 1929	Fremantle, WA, Australia	45
Sister in Law	Elizabeth May Mary GUTHRIE	1885	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	1974	Victoria, Australia	89

Events in Margaret Jane ORR (1865 - 1952)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
		Birth of daughter Daisy PRIEST		Fathers death notice
		Birth of son Leslie PRIEST		Fathers death notice
1865		Margaret Jane ORR was born	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1886	21	Married Arthur George PRIEST (aged 30)	Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52
1887	22	Birth of son William John PRIEST	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 3	52
1889	24	Death of son William John PRIEST (aged 2)	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 4	52
1893	28	Birth of son Harold Walter PRIEST	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 5	52
1904	39	Birth of daughter Ruth May PRIEST	Claremont, WA, Australia	Note 6	52
06 Jan 1906	41	Death of father William ORR (aged 66)	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 7	52, 90
27 Aug 1915	50	Death of mother Phoebe WELLS (aged 77)	Kew, Victoria, Australia	Note 8	52, 90
1942	77	Death of husband Arthur George PRIEST (aged 86)	Nedlands, West Australia	Note 9	60
1942	77	Burial	Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, WA	Note 10	90
1944	79	Death of son Harold Walter PRIEST (aged 51)	Perth, WA, Australia	Burial info
1952	87	Margaret Jane ORR died	Nedlands, West Australia	Burial info
1952	87	Burial	Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, WA	Note 11	90

Note 1: Reg No 13161/1865 - William Orr and Phoebe Wells

Note 2: Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 about Margaret Jane Orr Name: Margaret Jane Orr Spouse Name: Arthur George Priest Marriage Place: Victoria Registration Place: Victoria Registration Year: 1886 Registration number: 5526

Note 3: William John Priest in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: William John Priest Birth Date: Abt 1887 Birth Place: Footscray, Victoria Registration Year: 1887 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Arthur George Priest Mother: Margaret Jane Orr Registration Number: 19810

Note 4: Wm Jno Priest in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Wm Jno Priest Death Age: 2 Birth Date: abt 1887 Death Date: Abt 1889 Death Place: Footscray, Victoria Registration Date: 1889 Registration Place: Australia Father: Arth Geo Mother: Margt Jane Orr Registration Number: 12022

Note 5: Burial info Harold Walter Priest in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Harold Walter Priest Birth Date: Abt 1893 Birth Place: Footscray, Victoria Registration Year: 1893 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Arthur George Priest Mother: Margaret Jane Orr Registration Number: 12941

Note 6: Fathers death notice Ruth May Priest in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Ruth May Priest Birth Date: Abt 1904 Birth Place: Claremont Registration Year: 1904 Registration Place: Western Australia, Australia Father: Arthur George Priest Mother: Margaret Jane Orr Registration Number: 1100

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 9691/1915 - no parents stated Ancestry - Wilson Family Tree - Orr descendant Ancestry trees - died - hospital for the insane, Kew

Note 9: Burial info West Australian (Perth) 10 June 1942 PRIEST.---On June 9, 1912. Arthur George Priest, 40 Second-avenue, Clare mont, dearly beloved husband of Mar- garet, loved father of Leslie (Fremantle), Daisy (Mrs J. L. Boatwright, Fremantle), Harold (Claremont) and Ruth (Mrs S. Smythe, Claremont ; loved father-in-law of Holly, Len. Jean and Sam, loved grandfather 8 grandchildren: aged 86 ] ears. To be privately interred in the Baptist portion of the Karrakatta Ceme tery today (Wednesday). The Rev Beecham will officiate at the graveside.

Note 10: Arthur George Priest Birth 1856 Death 9 Jun 1942 (aged 85–86) Burial Karrakatta Cemetery and Crematorium Karrakatta, Nedlands City, Western Australia, Australia Plot BAPTIST, Section CA Section, Grave 0388

Note 11: Margaret Jane Orr Priest Birth 22 Jul 1865 Ballarat, Ballarat City, Victoria, Australia Death 30 Aug 1952 (aged 87) Western Australia, Australia Burial Karrakatta Cemetery and Crematorium Karrakatta, Nedlands City, Western Australia, Australia Plot BAPTIST, Section CA Section, Grave 0388

Source References:

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

- Reference = (Birth)

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 about Margaret Jane Orr Name: Margaret Jane Orr Spouse Name: Arthur George Priest Marriage Place: Victoria Registration Place: Victoria Registration Year: 1886 Registration number: 5526

- Reference = (Name, Notes)

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

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Arthur George Priest Birth 1856 Death 9 Jun 1942 (aged 85–86) Burial Karrakatta Cemetery and Crematorium Karrakatta, Nedlands City, Western Australia, Australia Plot BAPTIST, Section CA Section, Grave 0388

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Margaret Jane Orr Priest Birth 22 Jul 1865 Ballarat, Ballarat City, Victoria, Australia Death 30 Aug 1952 (aged 87) Western Australia, Australia Burial Karrakatta Cemetery and Crematorium Karrakatta, Nedlands City, Western Australia, Australia Plot BAPTIST, Section CA Section, Grave 0388

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