Herbert
Robert
Orr
Born in Dunham Township, McHenry, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Orr
and Margaret (Brann) Orr
Brother of
James Brann Orr and Clifford Sinclair Orr
Husband of
Elizabeth (Ottens) Orr
— married
14 Aug 1941 in Harvard, McHenry, Illinois, United States
Died
at age 82
in Belvidere, Boone, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Dec 2019
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Biography
Herbert Orr has Irish ancestors.
Herbert was born in 1899. He was the son of Irish immigrants Robert Orr and Margaret Brann.
On 6 June 1900 Robert Orr (33) Farmer, wife Maggie Orr (34) married 1 year, 2 children born / living, 12 years in US, with children Hurbert Orr (3/12), mother Rachel Orr (65), siblings James S Orr (35), Jane E Orr (33), Fannie S Orr (28) and Maggie E Orr (30) lived in Dunham, McHenry, Illinois, USA. [1]
On 1 January 1920 the Orr family lived in Dunham, McHenry, Illinois. Naturalized Irish born parents Robert Orr (50), farmer, Immigration Year listed as 1871 & wife Margaret Orr (45) Immigration Year listed at 1888 and children Herbert Orr (20) Laborer, James Orr (14) & Clifford Orr (12) with James Orr 65) and Jane Orr (62). [2]
On 21 April 1930 head of family, Naturalized Northern Ireland born Robert Orr (60) Immigration Year: 1876 married 31 years, Farmer, Naturalized Northern Ireland born wife Margaret Orr (57) Immigration Year: 1889, with Illinois born sons Herbert Orr (29) Farm Laborer, James Orr (24) Mechanic (Garage) and Clifford Orr (22) Laborer (Milk factory), Naturalized Northern Ireland born unmarried brother James Orr (74) and Naturalized Northern Ireland born unmarried sister Jennie Orr (71) lived in Dunham, McHenry, Illinois, USA. [3]
Herbert Robert Orr married Elizabeth Ottens on 14 August 1941 in Harvard, Illinois.
On 22 April 1950 Herbert R Orr (50) Farmer, wife Elizabeth O Orr (45) Elementary Teacher and brother James B Orr (44) Farm Helper lived in Dunham, McHenry, Illinois, USA. [4]
He passed away in 1982 aged 82 at the Highland Hospital, Belvidere. [5] and was buried at the Dunham-Chemung Cemetery. [6]
According to my mother, Florence Ellen Schmidt, Herbert Orr had a marvelous voice and would often preform at weddings and funerals.
Sources
- ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census; Year: 1900; Census Place: Dunham, McHenry, Illinois; Roll: 321; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0154; FHL microfilm: 1240321
- ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census; Year: 1920; Census Place: Dunham, McHenry, Illinois; Roll: T625_386; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 128
- ↑ 1930 United States Federal Census; Year: 1930; Census Place: Dunham, McHenry, Illinois; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0024; FHL microfilm: 2340271
- ↑ 1950 United States Federal Census; United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Dunham, McHenry, Illinois; Roll: 4765; Sheet Number: 74; Enumeration District: 56-37
- ↑ Social Security Death Index; Last Residence: 60033, Harvard, Mchenry, Illinois, USA; Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
- ↑ Find A Grave
- Ancestry Family Trees
- U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- Waukegan, Illinois, City Directory, 1929
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