Robert George Orr

1844 - 1900  (56 years)

• Name	Robert George Orr  [1, 2]
  Birth	12 Sep 1844	County Down, Northern Ireland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Dec 1900	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1]
  Burial	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1]
  Notes	He shares a headstone with both wifes, Jennie, who died at the age of 21, and Emily, his second wife. The name of his daughter Myrltle is also shown on this headstone. Photo can be seen on Find A Grave. In "The Way It Was", the publication of the Cass City Area Historical & Genealogy Society, Volume 24, Number 5, Sept/Oct 2018, the article "A Tale of Two Irishmen" noted that were two "very important Irish citizens in Cass City's history, Morton "Mort" Orr and Glen "Scotty" McCullough....Mort was the son of Robert Orr who was one of Cass City's first pioneers. Born in 1844, he came here direct from Ireland, and was probably the first person to purchase the property to be considered since Governor Lewis Cass negotiated the treaty of 1819 with the Indians."
  Person ID	I47297	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2018

  
  

  Family 1	Jennie Davidson,   b. 10 Jan 1850, Erie County, New York d. 16 Jan 1871, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 21 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1871  [3]
  Family ID	F14136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Emily Pettit,   b. 22 Mar 1845, Canada d. 14 Feb 1921, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1871
  Children	1. Mina May Orr,   b. 10 Nov 1880, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 26 Nov 1918, Huron County, Michigan (Age 38 years)   2. Myrtle M. Orr,   b. 24 Mar 1883, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 8 Apr 1957, Michigan (Age 74 years)   3. Frances E. "Frank" Orr,   b. Oct 1885, Tuscola County, Michigan d. Yes, date unknown   4. Morton H. Orr,   b. 8 Mar 1889, Tuscola County, Michigan d. Aug 1971, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 82 years)   5. Robert Hugh Orr,   b. 10 May 1892, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 20 Mar 1967, Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F14135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2018

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 10 Dec 1900 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Burial - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Memorial ID 104718893 (Reliability: 3). [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Year: 1900; Census Place: Cass, Tuscola, Michigan; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0111; FHL microfilm: 1240744 (Reliability: 3). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Memorial ID 104718978 (Reliability: 3).