Sarah Esther (Orr) Mitchell (1852 - 1936)

Born 19 Sep 1852 in Pleasant Ridge, Saint Patrick, Charlotte, New Brunswick

Ancestors

Died 25 Nov 1936 at age 84 in Leverville, Saint David, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada

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Biography

Sarah Esther Orr, youngest of the eleven known children of Thomas Orr and Agnes Smart, was born in Pleasant Ridge, Saint Patrick Parish, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, 19 Sep 1852.^[2] New Brunswick was at the time a British Colony, and it remained so until 1867, becoming that year one of Canada's four founding provinces.^[3] As for Pleasant Ridge, a tiny, rural community along the New Brunswick's Magaguadavic River,^[4] it was part of Saint Patrick Parish until 1856, when Dumbarton Parish was formed from Saint Patrick's northern half.^[5]

Charlotte County 1878 (click 3x to fully enlarge)[6]

Sarah had six elder sisters and four elder brothers: Margaret, who was born in about 1834,^[7] Mary, born in 1835,^[8] Ellen, born in 1837,^[9] Agnes, born in about 1839,^[10] Elizabeth, born in 1840,^[11] James, born in 1842,^[12] David, born in 1843,^[13] Peter, born in 1846.^[14] Hannah, born in 1848,^[15] and Thomas, born in 1850.^[16].

Sarah's father did not survive her 1852 birth by long, dying in Pleasant Ridge, 16 Jul 1854, at age 46.^[17]

Sarah lost two siblings in the 1860s: her sister, Margaret, died in Pomeroy Ridge, New Brunswick, in 1862, at age 27,^[7] and her brother, David, died in Pleasant Ridge in 1866, at age 22).^[13]

Sarah's sister, Ellen, died in Alexander, Maine, in 1882, at age 46.^[9] In the first two decades of the 1900s, Sarah lost four more siblings: her sister, Mary, died in Bancroft, Maine, in 1901, at age 65,^[8] her brother, James, died in Wilson County, Kansas, in 1913, at age 70,^[12] her sister, Elizabeth, died in Seattle, Washington, in 1919, at age 78,^[11] and her brother, Peter, died in Seattle in 1920, at age 74.^[14]

Sarah and her siblings, Thomas and Hannah, survived into the Great Depression. Sarah lost her brother, Thomas, in Saint Andrew, New Brunswick, in 1934, at age 83.^[16] Sarah died in Leverville, St. David Parish, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, 22 May 1934, at age 84.^[18] She's buried in Rolling Dam Baptist Cemetery, in Rollingdam, Charlotte County, New Brunswick.^[18]

Sarah was survived by at least one (and perhaps two - Agnes's death date isn't known^[10]) of her eleven known siblings: her sister, Hannah, who died in New Brunswick in 1942, at about age 94.^[15]

Research Notes

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Sources

1. ↑ Sarah Esther Orr and the current profile manager, Christopher Smart), are first cousins four times removed. Have information, documentation or photos? If so, please contact me. Happy to help you upload and, if you're directly descended, make you the manager.
2. ↑ Sources: (1) 1936 Death Record (citation): "Sarah Esther Mitchell," daughter of Scotland-born parents, Thomas Orr and Agnes Smart, born in "Dumbarton, N.B.," 19 Sep 1852. (2)1861 Little Pleasant Ridge NB Census (citation): "Sarah E. Orr" (age 9, NB-born 1852-1853) resides in Little Pleasant Ridge, St. Patrick Parish, with her widowed mother, "Agnes Orr" (age 50, Scotch-born 1810-1811, "widow," "farmer," "Presbyterian"). (3) ________________________.
3. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "New Brunswick," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed March 6, 2021).
4. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Magaguadavic River," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed May 12, 2021).
5. ↑ "Dumbarton [Parish] was erected from northern Saint Patrick Parish in 1856," and that area included Pleasant Ridge. Wikipedia contributors, "Dumbarton Parish, New Brunswick," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed May 12, 2021).
6. ↑ Edited Map Excerpt. Roe Brothers, (A.D. & W.B. Roe). 1878. Atlas of the Maritime Provinces, County of Charlotte, New Brunswick. Eng. by Worley & Bracher, Philada. Printed by F. Bourquin, Philada. Available without restriction courtesy of David Rumsey Historical Collection, full map available online by clicking on map title.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} See Profile of Sister Margaret (Orr) Babb (abt.1834-1862).
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} See Profile of Sister Mary Jane (Orr) Fitzpatrick (1835-1901).
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} See Profile of Sister Ellen (Orr) Brown (1837-1882).
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} See Profile of Sister Agnes Orr (abt.1839-).
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} See Profile of Sister Elizabeth (Orr) Preston (1840-1919).
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} See Profile of Brother James E. Orr (1842-1913).
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} See Profile of Brother David D. Orr (1843-1866).
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} See Profile of Brother Peter F. Orr (1846-1920).
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} See Profile of Sister Hannah Matilda (Orr) Mark (1848-1942).
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} See Profile of Brother Thomas Henry Orr (1850-1934).
17. ↑ See Profile of Father Thomas Orr (abt.1807-1854).
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1} Sources: (1) 1936 Death Record (citation): "Sarah Esther Mitchell," widow, housewife, died in Leverville, N.B., 25 Nov 1936, at age 84, buried in Rollingdam, N.B., 27 Nov 1936. (2) Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/143054589/sarah-esther-mitchell : accessed 11 April 2022), memorial page for Sarah Esther Orr Mitchell (Sep 1852–25 Nov 1936), Find a Grave Memorial no. Find A Grave: Memorial #143054589, citing Rolling Dam Baptist Cemetery, Rollingdam, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. Originated by Karen Lovy (contributor 47428524). Currently maintained by Christopher Smart (contributor 50284555). Click here for a list of others with Wikitree profiles who are shown as buried in this cemetery, and here to search this cemetery at Find a Grave.

• General Citiations
• 1861 Little Pleasant Ridge NB Census. 1861 Census. Place: New Brunswick. District: Charlotte. Sub-District Name: Dumbarton. Page 23. Image No: 4108534_00080. Available without restriction from the Public Archives of Canada.
• 1936 Death Record. "Canada, New Brunswick Provincial Deaths, 1815-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y3S3-R3H?cc=1840147&wc=MJH5-MNL%3A1042582101 : 21 May 2014), 004529855 > image 413 of 728; Provincial Archives, Fredericton.