William
Orr
Born about in Glenarm, Larne, County Antrim, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of William Orr
and Margaret Orr (McMurtrie) Orr
Brother of
Elizabeth Campbell (Orr) Spratt, Thomas Orr, Hannah Longmuir (Orr) Richardson, Margaret Jane (Orr) Duncan, Jessie McMurtrie (Orr) Hyslop, Mary Boyd (Orr) Gardiner, James McMurtrie Orr, Agnes Hay Orr, Julia (Orr) Matthews, Annie Orr, Robina McMurtrie (Orr) Ferguson, Alexander Campbell Orr and Thomas McMurtrie Orr
Husband of
Bessie (Sergison) Orr
— married
1882 in New Zealand
Descendants 
Father of
William James Orr, Alice Margaret (Orr) Suisted, Thomas Lincoln Orr, Thomas Jefferson Orr, Hannah Longmure (Orr) Ernest, Alexander Orr, Harold Francis Orr and Bessie Olive (Orr) Young
Died
at about age 67
in Greytown, Wellington, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Feb 2021
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Biography
William Orr was born in Ireland.
William Orr has Scottish Ancestors.
William Orr migrated from Scotland to New Zealand.
William Orr lived in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
William was born about 1860 in County Antrim, Ireland. [1]
He was the son of William Orr and Margaret McMurtrie, a Scottish couple from Ayrshire, Scotland.
In 1857, his father and uncle Thomas had taken on the lease of Castle Farm, the demesne lands of Glenarm, County Antrim, Ireland; after losing the lease on the family farm in Ayrshire. It is likely that William was born at Castle Farm.
The family returned to Ayrshire in about January 1862 after disposing of the lease on Castle Farm, taking up a farm at Kirkoswald. [2]
In 1882 in New Zealand he married Bessie Sergison. [3]
He passed away 27 Dec 1927 at Greytown. [4] He was 67 years old. [5]
Sources
- ↑ Year based on age 67 at death Dec 1927; and birthplace is given in his probate file.
- ↑ "ANNANDALE PAST AND PRESENT 1839-1900, H.L. Guthrie Hay (1901), Chapter 1
- ↑ NZ BDM Marriage search: 1882/3525 Bessie Sergison William Orr
- ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9V-JKFR : 16 January 2021), William Orr, 1928; citing , Masterton Probate Files [Third Sequence], 1924-1946, record number 255/28, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 005399691.
- ↑ NZ BDM Death search, exact date 27/12/1927: 1927/9864 Orr William 67Y
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