See also
| Husband: | James ORR (1838-1868) | |
| Wife: | Jane Eliza MINNION (MCCULLOCH) (1842-1914) | |
| Children: | Charles Thomas ORR (1862-1904) | |
| James Ontario Robert ORR (1864-1942) | ||
| Marion Jane ORR (1866-1954) | ||
| Bertrand (Bertie) William ORR (1868-1933) | ||
| George (Henry) ORR (1868- ) | ||
| Marriage | 20 Mar 1860 | Cork, Ireland |
| St Lukes Church of Ireland | ||
James ORR, 1863, age 25, James Orr
| Name: | James ORR | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | James ORR (1795-1865) | |
| Mother: | Jane HORSEBURGH (1815-1893) | |
| Birth | 1838 | Scotland |
| Occupation | Color Sergent Soldier | |
| Death | 4 Jul 1868 (age 29-30) | Pembrokeshire, Wales1 |
| Cause: Frostbite Address: Pembroke Dock, Army Garrison |
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| Burial | 6 Jul 1868 | Pembrokeshire, Wales |
| Pembroke Dock, Army Garrison | ||
| Name: | Jane Eliza MINNION (MCCULLOCH) | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | William MCCULLOCH (1833-1910) | |
| Mother: | Margaret ( - ) | |
| Birth | 17 Mar 1842 | Magheralin, Down, Ireland1 |
| Death | 11 Nov 1914 (age 72) | Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland |
| Name: | Charles Thomas ORR | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Emma Bridget WEBB (1865-1933) | |
| Birth | 28 Apr 1862 | Montreal Qc, Canada |
| Christening | 11 May 1862 (age 0) | Montreal Qc, Canada |
| Occupation | Soldier/Carter/Corn Porter/Dock Labourer | |
| Death | 4 Feb 1904 (age 41) | Bristol, Gloucestershire, England |
| Cause: Pulmonary Tuberculosis Address: 2 Dermot Street |
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| Name: | James Ontario Robert ORR1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse 1: | Mary Hannah ELLIOTT (1875-1909) | |
| Spouse 2: | Amy FLETCHER (1873-1971) | |
| Spouse 3: | Alice Amelia ROBBINS (1878-1946) | |
| Birth | 1 Jun 1864 | London, Ontario, Canada |
| Baptism | 1 Jul 1864 (age 0) | London, Canada |
| St Pauls, Church | ||
| Death | 10 Nov 1942 (age 78) | Newent, Gloucester, England |
| Reeces Cottages | ||
| Occupation | Soldier/Army Pensioner Commissionaire/Hospital Attendant | |
| Name: | Marion Jane ORR | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Thomas Henry WHITTERN (1858-1930) | |
| Birth | 11 Jun 1866 | Toronto, Canada |
| 47th Regiment Depot | ||
| Baptism | 19 Jul 1866 (age 0) | Toronto, Canada |
| 47th Regiment Depot | ||
| Death | 1954 (age 87-88) | Sep Qtr, Thornbury, Gloucestershire |
| Name: | Bertrand (Bertie) William ORR | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Lizzie (Elizabeth) M FARMER (1872-1934) | |
| Birth | 27 Mar 1868 | Pembroke, Wales |
| Pembroke Dock, Army Garrison | ||
| Baptism | 31 Mar 1868 (age 0) | Pembroke Dock, Army Garrison, |
| Pembroke, Wales. | ||
| Occupation | Harness maker/Soldier/Coachman | |
| Death | 12 Jul 1933 (age 65) | Limerick, Ireland |
| 12 Ryans Terrace, Rosbrien Road Information provided bt Army Pension records |
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| Name: | George (Henry) ORR | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 27 Mar 1868 | Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
| Pembroke Dock, Army Garrison | ||
| Baptism | 19 Apr 1868 (age 0) | Pembroke Dock, Army Garrison, |
| Pembroke, Wales Baptised as Henry whilst birth registered as George |
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| Death | ||
At marriage Eliza's surname given as Minnion alias McCullough. 1861 stationed in Army at Athone. Also stationed in Montreal after the 'Trent' Affair 1861 to 1868. Stationed at Pembroke Dock, Garrison, Pembroke, Wales 31st Mar 1868 for childrens baptisms.
1851 census living with parents in Bristol. Became a Color Sergeant in the 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot, the same regiment as his father. Died of frostbite in his feet, perhaps turned into gangrene. Previously lived in Canada where in the winter it is often minus 20 deg. 1
Notification of death given by son James O Orr with age given as 71
Age of 6 sent to England at Royal Military Asylums and education establishment for children of the regular Army at King s Road Chelsea. Recorded there in the 1871 census. 1876 enlist as a boy soldier in London No. 1302 in the Army Service Corps. Serve in South Africa 1879 until 1888. Registered in 1881 as a Private in South Camp, Aldershot Military (Hants). Discharged from Army in August 1888 at Devonport for misconduct following being found guilty of insubordination.
Sent to England by parents. 1888 shown on brother Charles's Army record as serving in the 47th Regiment of Foot. 1891 census living with brother Charles and family at Lawrence Street, Bristol.
Served in RAMC. Reg. no. 9837. .Discharged in 1902.
Informant at death of mother in Ireland in 1914
Shown as being in Prison in Gloucester in 1922 for Bigamy.
1881 census living as Nursemaid of Army family at Horfield Barracks Horfield, Bristol. At marriage to Thomas living at 5 Lawrence Street, Bristol.
Join the British Army with the Royal Artillery in Cork Ireland 26 February 1886.Servic no. 53525 Believed he was born in Limerick, Ireland! Suffer from eye and various diseases during army service. Had big toe amputated following accident oboard HMS Euphrates going to India in 1893. Discharged from Army as being unfit for service with pension 19th May 1897. Charged with attempted unlawfull act with a minor at Chute but found not guilty 27th Oct.1905. Sail to New York from Queenstown 4th August 1907 on SS Etruria. 1911 Irish census state 3 children born with one having died and eldest child stated as (May) born in Co Cork, Ireland!
Birth registered at George. Recorded as Henry in fathers British Army 47th Regiment of Foot record.
| 1 | Andrew Wright, "James Orr Genealogy Report". |