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Robert Meredith ORR

Robert Meredith ORR

Male 1848 - 1922  (74 years)


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  • Name Robert Meredith ORR
    Birth 1848  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Sep 1847.
    Gender Male
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1875  [4] 
    school teacher 
    Occupation 1880  [5] 
    clerk in store 
    Census 1880, 1900  Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1893, 1900  [6, 7] 
    bookkeeper 
    Residence 1902  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Occupation 1904  [6] 
    merchant 
    Census 1910  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [9] 
    farmer 
    Death 1922  [1] 
    Burial Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Person ID I15627  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2018

    Father John Poston ORR,   b. 14 Apr 1820, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1899 (Age 79 years)
    Mother Louisa POWELL,   b. 13 May 1831   d. 24 Apr 1885 (Age 53 years)
    Family ID F5560  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Virginia "Jennie" BURNS,   b. 8 Aug 1850   d. 29 Jan 1900 (Age 49 years)
    Marriage 28 Sep 1871  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
     1. (Infant son) ORR,   b. 7 Oct 1872   d. 9 Oct 1872 (Age 0 years)
    +2. Bertha Maude ORR,   b. 15 Dec 1873, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1963, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
     3. Charles C. "Charlie" ORR,   b. 27 Jun 1875, Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jul 1879, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 4 years)
    >4. Sallie ORR,   b. 11 Jan 1879, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1971 (Age 92 years)
     5. Daisy ORR,   b. 3 Jan 1881   d. 10 Sep 1896, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 15 years)
     6. Alton C. ORR,   b. 10 Dec 1882, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1923, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
     7. Robert M. ORR, Jr.,   b. 5 Apr 1885, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    >8. Edna Liza ORR,   b. 26 Nov 1887, Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1966, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    >9. Grace Virginia ORR,   b. 3 Apr 1891, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Freda ORR,   b. 5 Mar 1893, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1894 (Age 1 year)
    Family ID F13086  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Nancy Ann "Nannie" SQUIRES,   b. 16 Nov 1874, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1953, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [6]
    Marriage 17 Mar 1902  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 12, 13] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 16 1910:
      R. M. Orr, 61, farmer, married 10 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Nancy, 35, married 10 yrs (1st marriage), mother of 1 child (not living); son Robert, 25, single, bookkeeper in store; dau Edna, 21, single; dau Grace, 18, single.
    Children 
     1. (Infant daughter) ORR,   b. 17 Mar 1904, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1904 (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F5559  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    2. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    3. [S1556] Joy Gregoire Gilchrist Stalnaker, Squires Genealogy, (Hackers Creek Pioneers Descendants, Jane Lew, WV (www.hackerscreek.com)).

    4. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    5. [S2018] 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (Coal District).

    6. [S1592] Birth record of daughter.

    7. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    8. [S1786] Harrison County WV Marriages 1895-1912, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Feb 2001)).

    9. [S2042] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    10. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    11. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).

    12. [S1786] Harrison County WV Marriages 1895-1912, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Feb 2001)).
      Identified as Robert M. Orr, widowed, 53, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, son of John P. & Louisa; and Nannie A. Squires, 28, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Virgil. Married Mar 17 1902.

    13. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR Bk 12, 40.