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Robert Ustain Orr Jr. (1836 - 1889)

Robert Ustain Orr Jr.
Born in Newton, Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotlandmap
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Died at age 53 in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United Statesmap
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Biography

Robert Orr Jr. was involved in the westward expansion of the USA. See Westward Ho!.

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Born to Robert Orr, 1803–1887 & Elizabeth McQueen, 1806–1880

Immigration

"Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868,"
Name: Matthew Orr
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 16 Oct 1853
Event Place: Deseret, United States
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 15 May 1837
Departure Date: 16 Jun 1853
Death Date: 01 Mar 1891
Company Name: Appleton M. Harmon Company
Age at Departure: 16
Traveled with
Robert Ustain Orr (Age: 50)
Elizabeth Ann Orr (Age: 47)
James Copeland Orr (Age: 23)
Robert Urstain Orr Jr. (Age: 18)
Elizabeth Orr (Age: 13)
Annie Orr (Age: 9)
John Orr (Age: 7) [1]

Census Record

1860 Grantsville, Tooele, Utah Territory, United States [2]

Family Life

1870 St. John, Tooele, Utah Territory
Page Number: 4
Matthew Orr M 33, birth Year (Estimated): 1837 Scotland
Mary Orr F 24 England
Willie Orr M 2 Utah
Hamilton Orr M 0 Utah
Household ID: 32--Line Number: 36 [3]
1880 Grantsville, Tooele, Utah Territory
Head of the jousehold
Matthew Orr, age: 44, birth Year (Estimated): 1836, birthplace: Scotland, occupation: Farmer
Father's Birthplace: Scotland --Mother's Birthplace: Scotland
Elizabeth Orr Wife F 36 Wales
Annie Orr Daughter F 14 Utah
Lewellyn Orr Son M 10 Utah
Elizabeth Orr Daughter F 8 Utah,
William Orr Son M 11 Utah,
Hamilton Orr Son M 10 Utah
Daniel F. Orr Son M 7 Utah,
Mary Ann Orr F 32 England
Household Identifier: 4248311 [4]

Death

Burial: Grantsville City Cemetery, Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah
Plot 0H.04.06.1W

Ayrshire, Scotland

1851 Dregbutts And Bridgend, Ayrshire, Scotland :THIS SITE does not work OR you have to be a MEMBER? [5]


Sources

  1. ↑ "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-CQ1R : 10 February 2018), Matthew Orr, 16 Oct 1853; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-).
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH24-3VN : 18 February 2021), Robert Orr in entry for Robert Orr, 1860.
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCY-FPQ : 12 June 2019), Hamilton Orr in entry for Matthew Orr, 1870. Affiliate Publication Number: M593--GS Film Number: 000553111--Digital Folder Number: 004267908--Image Number: 00317.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNS2-L7C : 15 January 2022), Matthew Orr, Grantsville, Tooele, Utah Territory, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .Sheet Number and Letter: 68A --Volume: 2 --Affiliate Film Number: 1338--Affiliate Line Number: 00046 --Digital Folder Number: 005162570 --Microfilm Number: 1255338 --Image Number: 00360
  5. ↑ "Scotland Census, 1851," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VY1F-GG1 : 4 February 2020), Mathew Orr in household of Robert Orr, Dregbutts And Bridgend, Ayrshire, Scotland; from "1851 England, Scotland & Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing p. 1, PRO HO 107, The National Archives UK, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 1,042,404.
  1. List of RIDERS.
  2. “Appleton M. Harmon Company report, 1853.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1853-1855. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 29)
  3. Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Utah's Tooele County: From the Edge of the Great Basin Frontier (Tooele, UT: Transcript Bulletin Publishing, Inc., 2012).
  4. Find A Grave: Memorial #30704619,




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