Born about in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter of Alexander Shepherd
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
David Orr
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
William J Orr, Mary Finnie (Orr) Faulks, George Alexander Orr, Martha L Orr, James Henry Orr, John Chambers Cooper Orr, David Richard Orr, Thomas Laurie Orr and Unknown Orr
Died
at about age 82
in South Grafton, New South Wales, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Apr 2018
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Biography
Martha was born in 1830.[1]
She passed away in 1912.[2] Her Obituary appeared in the local press:[3]
- On Saturday last, at South Grafton, the death occurred of a very well-known resident, in the person of Mrs. Martha Orr, at the advanced age of 82 years. The deceased was a native of Bathurst, but had been resident in South Grafton for a long time. Her husband pre-deceased her, but five grown-up children survive, four sons (Messrs. David, Thomas, James and, Geo. Orr), and one daughter. The interment took place on Sunday In tho Presbyterian portion of the South Grafton cemetery.
Sources
- ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Graeme Evans.
- ↑ NSW BDM death of ORR, MARTHA, Reg. No. 1549/1912, showing parents ALEXANDER and ANN, registered at GRAFTON
- ↑ Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915) Tue 19 Mar 1912 Page 4
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
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~12.50%
50.00%
Ronald Evans 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A18960 [compare]
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~6.25%
Graeme Evans :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A18959 [compare], Ancestry member Rocky19p
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